May 25, 2020, was Memorial Day, the day George Floyd died on a street outside a neighborhood store in Minneapolis. At the time we were all immersed in the pandemic. The front page of the Minneapolis Star Tribune had a sub-headline above the fold: “A GRIM STATISTIC U.S. likely to surpass 100K deaths in coming […]
POSTNOTE Sunday May 23: This film is being continued through May 27. It is very well worth your time. Here is the information. Here’s Will Steger’s website. You can make a difference. * May 21 I watched the new film, After Antarctica, explorer Will Steger’s retrospective on his own life. If you’ve heard of Will […]
Early last week I’d written my financial adviser with a question. Joe wrote back and what I noted particularly was the quotation he apparently uses on all correspondence with clients: “Nothing can stand up to gratitude. There’s no negative emotion—not fear, not self-doubt, not sadness, and certainly not anger—that can survive exposure to the radiance […]
Take five minutes to take a look at the calendar of upcoming events on the Citizens for Global Solutions calendar. Just scroll down to “Featured Events” for full descriptions. All are available at home, probably wherever you live, between today and May 23. One of the featured events is the 2021 Mpls-St. Paul Film […]
Back on August 1, 2020, I opened a long post about why I’m a Democrat with these words: “Among 7.8 billions citizens of planet earth 331 million in the United States, I am one. I have 80 years of experience in my native land, the United States of America. Everyone has their own story.” Back […]
May 9, 2021. Mother’s Day. In Minnesota, this year, it is six days before Fishing Opener, a sacred ritual; often scheduled the same weekend. The specific date is set by formula, sort of like Easter. Here’s a History of Mothers Day; (here’s the formula for fishing opener in Minnesota). Last year. this day, we were […]
Later this morning Facebook announces its intention whether or when it will reinstate posting privileges to the former President of the United States. Personally, I feel that the man combined with the medium and far too many minimally informed followers are a toxic threat to our very future as a democracy. What follows is what […]
Today is my birthday. I had titled this blog “81” and the contents were exactly as they appear at and below the photo of the Dandelions, taken yesterday. It is spring in the north country. My topic shifted overnight, to “School”. Before I went to bed, an e-mail about a teacher I first met 56 […]
Last night we decided to watch “The Trial of the Chicago 7” on Netflix. It was a choice I’m glad I made; an opportunity to visit (for the first time) the aftermath of the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, which led in turn to Hubert Humphrey as the nominee for president, and the ascent of […]
Today is World Law Day. Never heard of it? You’re excused. But beginning May 1, 1964, a group of citizen activists in Minnesota held the first World Law Day dinner, then annually through 1988, and sporadically thereafter, the dinners were held, always well attended and appreciated. Then, after a hiatus of some years, the series […]