At the time of my heart surgery last December, a gift came my way in the form of a 16-month Wall Calendar for 2019, titled simply “brave at heart”. Here are the monthly illustrations, which speak for themselves: Here is the link to the publisher of the calendar. Calendars come and go. This one is […]
Today is the first day of my 80th year. I could go with the conventional – “79” – but for some reason telling it like it is is more appropriate, at least to me. Today is also the 5 month anniversary of my heart surgery Dec. 4. Life is good – not 100% yet, but […]
The Jim Nelson program described below was video-taped and at some early point will be available here. Jim Nelson speaks on the history of the Minnesota United Nations Movement on World Law Day, May 1, 2019. (see additional photos at end of this post) * May 1 is Law Day in the United States. Most […]
May 1 has a long history, covering many customs and traditions. Here is one summary of history of May 1. During the post WWII Cold War years, President Dwight Eisenhower proclaimed May 1 as Law Day in the United States, a contrast to the martial celebration of the day in the then-Soviet Union. In 1961, […]
Thursday evening we came home from a visit with our friend, Catherine. It was still daylight, and the outlines of a full moon rising was on the eastern horizon. Happy Easter. Easter is one of those many holidays which is a blend of nature, custom and religious tradition: the Sunday after the first full moon […]
Day Two (April 19, 2019) of the Public Version of the Mueller Report. Just Above Sunset’s “The Jerk”, is passed on with the permission of the publisher. This was published about midnight, April 18, 2019, PDT. This is lengthy, but very well worth your time. I highly recommend this several times a week blog, most […]
I learned about the disastrous fire at Notre Dame today, as I learned about the collapse of the Twin Towers 9-11-01. In neither case, did I see the images until long after the event, and then the reality set in. My father is 100% French-Canadian, so France is not an abstraction to me. At the […]
Saturday, our local Senator and state representatives met in an open meeting with residents of the district. Here’s a photo taken today, with a youthful constituent “lobbying” very articulately about his issue. This meeting was like others I have attended. This day I counted about 50 of us in the room (below). The meeting was […]
Tonight in downtown Minneapolis MN either Virginia or Texas Tech will be National Champions in College Basketball. You won’t see us among the 74,000 in the stands. Easier to watch it on TV. My contribution to the tournament is some reminiscences of country North Dakota Basketball in the 1950s. More about the photo in a […]
Sorting through papers recently, I came across a photo, received in October, 2007, from my cousin, Pauline. The photo was taken in April, 2007, in Las Vegas, with Celine Dion, Pauline and three of her sisters, one of whom knows Celine very well. Five French-Canadians, all five Canadian. I’d guess everybody knows Celine Dion in […]