Pre-note: I heard Martin Sheen and his son, Emilio Estevez, describe the recently rereleased film, “The Way“, Monday. The film sounded absolutely fascinating, and we went for the single day showing at a local theater on Tuesday. The film far exceeded my already high expectations. At this writing, I’m not sure of the future schedule […]
Once again, Mother’s Day competes with The Fishing Opener in Minnesota. This has been going on so long that it is no longer news. Some Mother’s are out fishing. Happy Mother’s Day to all. I lead this message with a photo that would make my Dad smile. Dad, I suppose, would be considered a little […]
My brother, John, is enjoying retirement years by doing a lot of biking, and his most recent jaunt, with a friend, has been along the route of the Oregon Trail. Around my birthday, he sent a message with photo, as follows: “Currently leaving Topeka Kansas – decided to take an extra day here because of […]
About a month ago, I decided to do a post on a topic in which I’ve long been interested, but had spent little time on: the immigration of French-Canadians to the Midwest. The results are in two posts, April 21 and 28, both accessible here. Here’s a general map for reference. Coincidentally, on May 11, […]
POSTNOTE 4:30 a.m. CDT May 9, 2023: America, Texas, everywhere, is full of decent respectful people. I will witness this today, as I do every day. So will you. As I suggested below, I witnessed Texas in better days. But even today, Texas and everywhere will seem to be a good place full of good […]
This morning I went to a Town Hall report given by our local State Senator, Nicole Mitchell. Sen. Mitchell is in her first term. She did an excellent job. Her one hour demonstrated to us how complicated a job we citizens give to our representatives. There were about 60 of us in attendance. Our Senate […]
I looked up the adage “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words” and Wikipedia came up with a good article, linked above. The search was occasioned by a photo I used along with yesterday’s birthday post, which brings meaning to the adage. As the front and center guy in the photo, then nearly six years […]
Pre-Note: Molly can always be counted on for relevant poetry. Here are a few for Spring: Spring poems from Molly. Some comments from Molly at end of this post. * Today is my 83rd birthday. It’s not one of those events that’s a show-stopper, like 21, or 30 or 50, but so it is. Actually, […]
The e-mail brought notice of a 13 session program on-line, and I intend to participate, on a weekly basis. The link is here. Each session is about 30 minutes, about Catholic Social Teaching. I’ve watched the first session. Your choice. If you have an interest you might want to check this out. Those who follow […]
This is a companion to the April 21 post, entitled Getting There. There have been some additions to the earlier post, as well as a couple of comments. The 1980 U.S. census had a question about the ancestry of citizens. The report showed that 7.9% of Minnesotans, 321,087 people, had French descent (from France and […]