We are all doomed so excuse me while I tidy my office October 3, 2016 I used my election to the School Board in 2013 as a mental rationalization/justification to fix up my attic. A year after being seated… Continue Reading
homage to the Philippines September 20, 2016 For the past couple months the Philippines, or probably servers in the Philippines have been sending out robots to investigate my blogsite. Their “hits”… Continue Reading
The abandonment of true journalism September 18, 2016 Donald Trump is, among other things, a fellow who has profited mightily by the faltering of twentieth century journalism. In its place is a… Continue Reading
3 PRIORITIES DOWN September 1, 2016 At least three of my priorities are done now. The first was simply putting yesterday’s post in the blog. A second was catching up… Continue Reading
My hero to visit Duluth this weekend August 18, 2016 I am so tempted to take my grandsons ages 6 and 9 to this on Saturday. I just don’t know if they could sit… Continue Reading
Peter 3: 15 – Stories too terrible to tell August 13, 2016 At my church men’s group this week our speaker was too frail to attend. He had escaped death recently and as a result had… Continue Reading
Veritas, Racoons and Wimping out August 6, 2016 I broke out our camping gear after a 20 year hiatus and prepared to give it one more go with Claudia, my daughter and… Continue Reading
Olive’s Egg June 19, 2016 This is Olive’s Egg. It was an impulse buy I couldn’t resist while we were shepherding our grandson’s around St. Paul’s Como Park Zoo…. Continue Reading
A message to be proud of May 28, 2016 “The world was forever changed here, but today the children of this city will go through their day in peace. What a precious thing… Continue Reading
My [Buddy] just won’t cut me any slack May 24, 2016 From: “Your Buddy” To: Cc: Sent: Mon, 23 May 2016 10:23:49 -0500 Subject: Re: Andrew Sullivan thinks Donald Trump may defeat Hillary Clinton. Jeez,… Continue Reading
War and Peace and the Duluth Schools April 7, 2016 I have a modest civic responsibility – to do my best for the ISD 709 schools. When I moved to town in 1974 I… Continue Reading
Francis Gary Powers should have taken cyanide November 2, 2015 When U2 pilot Gary Powers was shot down by the Ruskies I was 9. For long afterwards I was convinced that he should have… Continue Reading
And Florida in Statuary Hall September 11, 2015 Then there was Frank Ceribino’s column in today’s PB Post. Cerebino published four noteworthy and ironic columns during my brief stay. He’s leftish and… Continue Reading
Rainy Morning birdwalk June 17, 2015 Rainy Morning: something I’ve longed for during a week of sunny days. Needed to buckle down and sift through oceans of paper that I’ve… Continue Reading
The Battle of Henry Johnson is finally over June 2, 2015 I thought I might have referenced the Battle of Henry Johnson more than once on the blog but this is the only post I’ve… Continue Reading
When all else fails – write about books May 29, 2015 I’ve had five or six posts in mind each of the last several days. Instead of post them I’ve spent time with Claudia working… Continue Reading
In defense of the liberal arts April 1, 2015 My Buddy sent me a good read from Fareed Zakaria panning our current political fad for STEM education. The quote he sent me to… 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
Liberal Guilt February 5, 2015 My Buddy sent me a link to a post in one of his favorite blog’s, the neoconservative Powerline. John HinderAching regularly praises all things… Continue Reading
A Memory confirmed for me … January 26, 2015 …not for our recent Chairman. Art Johnston and I have a similar problem. We never seem to throw anything away. The clear evidence of… Continue Reading
