Re: the last post January 22, 2015 Nope, I was off a bit about the State Constitution. The School Board should have almost as much trouble removing one of their own… Continue Reading
My blog is a treasure chest January 21, 2015 In the previous post I did a search of my blog for mentions of Kevin Rupp. The first two mentions go back to 2009… Continue Reading
MSBA Notes 3 – The right to remain stupid January 20, 2015 I had a good long drive down to the MSBA convention on Wednesday and plenty of time to catch up after my week out… Continue Reading
What’s good for the goose……….. January 15, 2015 “Finding an excuse to reject a majority vote contradicts any commitment to enfranchisement” I heartily agree with the Editors of the Duluth News Tribune… Continue Reading
From Florida January 8, 2015 After four lousy nights and an all-day marathon trip to Florida I’ve actually had two acceptable night’s worth of sleep. Hallelujah! What I’ve feared… Continue Reading
“What did I do sir?” “seat belt violation” December 1, 2014 Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish has some thoughtful posts on black/white relations today. I’ll start with a startling one which shows a policeman’s dash cam… Continue Reading
Mr. U’s Worm Juice October 29, 2014 Somehow my early morning pre-standing thoughts jumped from William Styron’s suicide to the miracle of putting the first Chester Park Elementary School Carnival together…. Continue Reading
Where I go to a very black place October 19, 2014 Yesterday’s volunteer work at the Church will end up being two days. We had a small crew scraping and painting the sills of all… Continue Reading
My Buddy’s indicts me October 18, 2014 My Buddy writes: On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 9:29 AM, [your Buddy] wrote: Harry: From https://lincolndemocrat.com/?p=11931: If I ever attend to writing such… Continue Reading
“I don’t want to go to school with no niggers.” October 18, 2014 That was what my new neighbor, little preschool Donna Beth Wylie, told the slightly older, about-to-be-in second grade me back in 1958 when I… Continue Reading
Remember Harry. You are not the little Dutch boy… October 13, 2014 …and your blog is not a Holy Dam. [pun intended] Blog posts born of an overactive mind are a pain. I got Rosebud started… Continue Reading
Piano Quintet in A major, B.155 (Op. 81)(once listed as 77) October 5, 2014 It took me quite a while to type up that title. The last notes of the piece are fading away as I type this…. Continue Reading
People of Color – 3 October 3, 2014 Oh, a couple more things. Henry did not know that I was from Topeka, Kansas. Infamous Topeka. He was intrigued. I’ve made no secret… Continue Reading
People of Color – 2 October 3, 2014 I thoroughly enjoyed myself at Henry Banks radio interview. Henry let me run off the mouth over and over. I always apologized for it… Continue Reading
People of Color September 30, 2014 Henry Banks, who ran for the school board last fall, left a message on my phone yesterday inviting me to be interviewed on his… Continue Reading
Me, the fourth black school board member in Duluth History. September 27, 2014 The glorious week of mild autumnal weather continues. I put another eight hours on the ladder yesterday painting under my eves. Today I’ll put… Continue Reading
Axe me no questions….shame on me September 25, 2014 Tuesday was beautiful. I planned on going to Myers-Wilkins Elementary in the late afternoon but I just kept scraping old paint and priming woodwork… Continue Reading
Axe me no questions again, again, September 23, 2014 I woke up a week ago thinking about the DWB posts (here’s the first) and the learning gap in Duluth Schools and six years… Continue Reading
Axe me no questions….again September 20, 2014 When I wrote the first post by this title it was after an hour of waking in bed planning a dozen related posts about… Continue Reading
Axe me no questions … September 13, 2014 Nudged by a sleeping but heat seeking grandson in a hotel bed this morning I woke to an hour’s restless thinking. I left the… Continue Reading