PRENOTE: I have watched the first six hours of the Ken Burns series on the American Revolution. For sure, I’ll watch the 12 hours. It is an outstanding primer for the 250th anniversary of our stressed nation. * November 18, 2025: The votes have now been taken in House and Senate and the results sent […]
PRENOTE: Tonight Nov 14 8 p.m. CST on public radio and television, the Minnesota Orchestra will be live. Details here [Minnesota Orchestra] including program notes. Also TPT.org . We saw this concert in person Thursday afternoon. Excellent as always Don’t forger, Ken Burns 6 part series on the American Revolution starts on PBS on Sunday. […]
POSTNOTE: Kathy highly recommends a two hour program at Carnegie Hall about WWI. This is excellent. I watched it on Thursday. I’m not sure that the link will work for everyone. The title of the PBS program is American Heart in WWI: A Carnegie Hall Tribute – The history of the Unknown Soldier and veterans […]
Today is my youngest Childs 50th birthday. Happy birthday, Heather! Heads up: A week from today public television will begin a six part, 12 hour, Ken Burns series on the American Revolution. Check with your local public broadcasting schedule. * It was a good night for my (Democrat) side on November 4. My initial thoughts […]
POSTNOTE NOV. 6: SD47 and ISD #833 vote totals Nov. 4: SD 47 and ISD 833 Nov 4 2025 (My state Senate and local School Districts) PRENOTE: Check out the link here. For your calendar, if you wish. I plan to sign up. No cost, open to all. I’m a longtime member of the sponsoring […]
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. […]