Countdown 47 breathing through a straw underwater June 27, 2024 As long as a body has oxygen all hope isn’t lost. In politics that oxygen includes donations. To date mine have been very modest…. Continue Reading
Countdown 48 Reply to the National Right to Life Questionnaire June 26, 2024 I have received these questionnaires from pro-life organizations since my first campaign for the Minnesota Legislature in 1976. BTW the Democrat I ran against… Continue Reading
Day 49 Prime campaigning Masked and unmasked June 25, 2024 As the lyric “Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose” from the song “Me and Bobby McGee” by Janis Joplin says money… Continue Reading
The Sheep State June 23, 2024 I would thank the family members by name who helped put the words to my nodding sheep but Trump could shoot them and his… Continue Reading
52 days – Grandma’s race day afterthoughts June 22, 2024 My messaging, as limited as it has been, passed on to 3000 of Duluth 30,000 homes seems to resonate based on the enthusiasm I… Continue Reading
Countdown 55 days June 19, 2024 I’ve had some rain in the last few days and there will be more according to the forecasts. That was part of my excuse… Continue Reading
Countdown 56 days June 18, 2024 Whoa! I just missed a lot of diary days. I’ve been slapping up signs and working on several other related campaign projects specifically passing… Continue Reading
Countdown 59 June 15, 2024 Had a wonderful time putting up signs at the beginning of Grandma’s marathon route yesterday. Will begin working on the rest of the route… Continue Reading
Countdown 60. Countdown to Grandmas Marathon 9 days June 14, 2024 The year after Donald Trump soured women on male candidates I lost a reelection bid for the Duluth School Board. I did several novel… Continue Reading
Countdown 61 days – Masked or unmasked? June 13, 2024 Just above this verbiage to the left is a rather old yellow donation button. I will mention its role in my one man crusade… Continue Reading
Countdown 62 Days June 12, 2024 I donated a pint of blood this morning after our men’s church meeting. When I ordered an early lunch afterward and then attempted to… Continue Reading
Countdown 63 days June 12, 2024 The most impressive orange line my six foot long map of Duluth stretches the length of Grand Avenue from 27th Ave West through Commonwealth… Continue Reading
The road to hell…intentions. Rain, what I am certain of – about yesterday which was 65 days away from the primary June 11, 2024 Its raining so for the moment after the first long night’s sleep in close to a week I’m almost rested. This after a long… Continue Reading
Countdown 65 days post cicadas and the Citadel June 10, 2024 Its a beautiful day ahead and time for me to kick signage into a little higher gear. Perhaps I can hit 100 signs today…. Continue Reading
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
Campaign Countdown 68 days just before a well deserved break to visit the Cicada bomb June 7, 2024 I’ve got wheels….. After the success of my sign requesting the return of my stolen lawnsign I chose another neighborhood issue to advertise: Hubert… Continue Reading
Countdown days 69 – 2 D Day emails June 6, 2024 I like answering questions by email because they make me frame my answers to address other people’s inquiries. Here are two today about my… Continue Reading
71 days test post June 5, 2024 Resource limit reached…..I hate that phrase. I’m trying to fix it now with the help of my techie grandson. I discovered the delays were… Continue Reading
All Shook Up….lyrics by Harry Welty Imagined by Keely who asked for a snow dinosaur in 1987 May 7, 2024 I’ve just got my old 2022 Campaign website restarted at weltyforcongress.com Its been two years since I played with it and lots has happened…. Continue Reading
A jolly Reader column about sociopaths and authors March 28, 2024 You can read it here: https://duluthreader.com/articles/2024/03/28/127769-not-your-usual-republican-the-book Continue Reading