The Brood and the Good Read Countdown day 67 June 9, 2024 I did not expect to be thinking about the campaign much on this weekend away from the stump but I forgot that Claudia and… Continue Reading
The Rape of Nanking March 28, 2017 WDIO’s reporter, Julie Kruse, called me as I was adding another two books to “my reading list.” More on the books momentarily. Today’s ongoing… Continue Reading
Two Books and flyover Country March 13, 2017 I read three books for two second grade classrooms at Lowell this morning. One of the students asked me if I’d ever written a… Continue Reading
A little historical digging December 7, 2016 I found my Great Grandfather Thomas Robb’s farm home on Google Earth yesterday. You can see its right angles hiding in a grove of… Continue Reading
Unto the fifth generation – Not! May 14, 2016 My children are as allergic to today’s GOP as though it was a toxic substance. If it had not become the party of God… Continue Reading
One last unedited political reverie… September 8, 2015 … before the Duluth Shool Board election season kicks off When I get back to Duluth from my Florida sojourn I’ll stick to school… Continue Reading
Ladysmith Black Mombazo March 8, 2015 I was listening to an interesting story on NPR this morning about America’s first elephant. It came from the creator of The Memory Palace…. Continue Reading
Fifth Day of Christmas B December 18, 2014 Tonight my daughter invited me to take advantage of her educator’s discount at a Scholastic Books sale. I was looking for books I might… Continue Reading
My Great Grandfather was legal September 19, 2011 But he wasn’t a very good farmer. I’ve been doing a little digging into family history on the eve of a family reunion. Here’s… Continue Reading
Lilly August 19, 2011 Topeka, Kansas, was not the South but it was close enough to have a sizeable black population. I was a child there in the… Continue Reading
