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UPDATE June 26, 2012: Here is the obituary on Lee Dechert. NOTE: Comments on Lee from Andy Driscoll and Will Shapira can be found at the very end of this post. There may be others, later. Richard Lee Dechert (that’s as in French: pronounced d-share) passed away quietly at home on June 21. Years ago […]
The weekend just past was hot, at least as for us in this area. The temperature was in the low 90s till Sunday night rainfall moderated it. Some of our grandkids were involved in post-school year athletic activities. Over at the local high school, first-grade Ben competed in several events, including successfully passing the baton […]
As it happened, Tuesday morning June 5 came an unexpected phone call from one of my relatives in Wisconsin. Marion, 95, called to say that her nephew, Dave, had died on Sunday at age 77 “and the funeral is tomorrow at 10:30 in Hazel Green”. They had misplaced my phone number and don’t do computer, […]
I’m writing this post before the polls close in Wisconsin. I haven’t heard any predictions, or talk of the turnout, or any such thing. So the post-mortem won’t be in this post. There’ll be plenty of those without me…. Love it or not, Scott Walker is the face of the contemporary Republican Party in the […]
UPDATE June 1, 2012: I posted the below on Tuesday May 29, and there are quite a number of comments at the end. This is an election with far more than routine long-term implications, far beyond “right” vs “left”, “conservative” vs “liberal” or “union” vs “right to work”. This one, with “divide and conquer” to […]
UPDATE May 5, 2012 at end. This afternoon I attended the first of three sessions called “Forming Our Conscience” in the Undercroft (church basement) of the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis. I was most positively impressed. There were 50 of us in the room – more than I expected. Linked is the outline for […]
Dick Bernard This is easily by far the longest blog post I’ve done at this space. The number count says over 8300 words (normal length 600-700 words). Cuba has always intrigued me, though the closest I’ve been is neighboring Haiti, which has both benefited and been cursed by its proximity to the island Communist Republic […]
About 60 of us dropped by Woodbury’s indoor City Park Saturday morning to meet Congresswoman Betty McCollum, whose 4th Congressional District moves to the east in January, 2013. Of course, during this time of transition, my town remains in Cong. Bachmann’s district until January, but all candidates for all elective offices need to become acquainted […]
“What are you doing New Years…New Years Eve?” For us, our six year old grandson will be an overnight guest tonight. That makes for a reasonably predictable “New Years Eve”. As for the year just finishing, and the year ahead: 2011 depends on the interpreter; 2012 is as yet unknown. They’re all important, these New […]
UPDATE Related December 2011 posts can be seen here, here and here. (click on photos to enlarge) The first Christmas letter for 2011 arrived shortly after November 1 from Fargo ND. I don’t keep track of such things, but this one had to be the earliest I’ve ever received. The correspondents were long, long-time Christmas […]