Tuesday, November 4, 2025, is Election Day in my community (Woodbury, ISD #833, Senate District 47). I voted on October 16; my personal recommendations and my rationale are here: succinctly, my choices State Representative Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger for State Senate; School Board incumbents, Katie Schwartz, Louise Hinz, Sharon Van Leer and first time candidate Elizabeth Bockman […]
NOTE: I’ll be offline through Nov. 1. Our thoughts particularly with the people of Jamaica in the wake of the monstrous hurricane. Heather Cox Richardson has a very excellent summary of the 1920s in her Letters fr0m an American for October 28, 2025. It is well worth your time to read and reflect. The Great […]
Last evening I attended a most interesting gathering where the topic was Affordable Housing in our community. Speaker was Woodbury’s Mayor, Ann Burt. Two Council members, Steve Morris and Donna Stafford, also attended. There were about 20 of us in attendance – in my experience, a group of 20 is nearly ideal for such gatherings […]
My colleague and friend, Jerry Foley, died on October 22. He was 93, and he chose to close out his time on earth without extra means to deal with cancer. His obit is here. Our friendship was relatively brief. Back in 2011 I had gone to the Stevens House in Minneapolis Minnehaha Park to listen […]
One week ago was the national demo. My post about the day was October 19. In all there were 17 comments, take a look. A particularly interesting comment is 3 pages forwarded by Lois from Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) with brief summaries of three months in the Fall of 1775. Take a look. […]
A preview of the below here. See the two illustrations. Paul Krugman on the issue October 24, 2025. A brief history of the East Wing of the White House can be read here. * You’ve likely heard that there is a little remodeling project underway at the White House. Here’s a PDF reference map of […]
POSTNOTE: here is how the event organizers report on October 18. We were at the Stillwater MN Demo yesterday. It didn’t look like much compared with the mega rallies, but I’m quite positive there were well over 1,000 persons near the St. Croix River Bridge. Here’s a photo I took of the group on the […]
POSTNOTE after the event: we joined the group in Stillwater MN. It was very well organized and much effort was expended to keep it as a constructive, positive and safe experience. There was only a single police presence during our time there, and it appeared to relate to a person who had fainted. My one […]
I cast my ballot today in the special election Nov. 4 for 4 school board members of South Washington County SD #833, and new Senator for SD47. I voted at the new Washington County Center which is essentially behind Kohls Department store, just off Woodlane Drive. I have lived the same address for the last […]
Yesterday at Mass, Fr. Taste hit another homer in his homily based on Luke 17:11-19, the one where the Samaritan Leper is among 1hose who are healed, but is the only one who goes back to say Thank You…. Father T is in my neighborhood age wise, and he started his sermon with a quotation […]