UPDATE May 23, from cousin Georgine who lives in Kailua-Kona: “The news makes it sound like the volcano is all over the island (see the picture with imagined). The reality is the picture on the right. Was glad to see this. It is hard to describe.” By no means does this minimize the disaster for […]
UPDATE: Follow the walk at Walk for Hope & Peace 2018 on Facebook. Earlier post on Korean war era here. Today, Kyong Juhn, a Korean born photographer from Rochester MN begins a 323 mile walk from Rochester to Bemidji to mirror her mothers 323 miles walk from North Korea to South Korea years ago. The […]
UPDATE May 22: World Law Day program was a success last evening. Here is the program: World Law Day Program001. Supporting materials are linked below. Video of Louisa Hext talk on Forgiveness can be viewed at the Citizens For Global Solutions website, here. * Today is World Law Day. Late this afternoon about 40 of us […]
The handshake and the stepping across the line at Panmunjon yesterday were of more than symbolic significance. It passes with more than routine notice: a step on a long road ahead, hopefully between two sovereign nations, together, rather than manipulated by some Greater Power(s). I’ve written about Korea a few times, most recently here. A […]
NOTE TO READERS: For some months my wordpress was being cantankerous with me. At first, it wasn’t allowing me to do edits. The disease seemed progressive. I had grandiose thoughts that I had been hacked, and was being silenced. Finally, I called Jody, who’d first put me on the internet 16 years ago, and set […]
(click to enlarge) Printable pdf: World Law Day 2018-05 Louisa Hext FLYER Reservations requested for the May 1 dinner, information on the Flyer. This will be the 6th World Law Day program, continuing a tradition which began in 1964. Exhibit continues for eight more days, including Sunday 2-5 p.m. and Monday noon to 4 p.m. […]
Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King’s life is not a new subject for me. I put his name in my own search box and it shows up in 43 different posts. Here’s the photo I used September 5, 2011. This book was a gift from […]
My handy-dandy computer calendar reminds me that today is Passover, yesterday was Good Friday, and tomorrow is Easter…also April Fools Day. Today is the second full moon of March, a “blue moon”. We were supposed to be at the edge of a band of heavy snow to the north of us – seems to have […]
On February 28, 1905, my Grandmother Rosa Berning married my Grandfather Ferdinand Busch at Sinsinawa WI. They moved to Henrietta Township ND after their wedding. Their first Easter as a married couple was April 23, 1905. Here’s an old card sent to them sometime in the early years of their marriage. (click to enlarge) 1905 […]
Today’s Minneapolis Star Tribune had this full page ad: (click to enlarge) Much of this mornings Just Above Sunset was about Saturday in D.C. I have just a few comments. (At the end of this post, some comments received about the earlier “Monarchy” post….) I did not join a demonstration on Saturday. I thought this […]