Maybe this is the start of my next Reader Column April 20, 2023 I have only rarely taken posts for the blog and turned them into Reader Columns. Today my be an exception but only if I… Continue Reading
Duolingo Complaints February 7, 2023 From the first weeks on Duoling five years ago I found people griping about how it made changes to the language learning game they… Continue Reading
A note about the passing of a school board colleague of mine August 23, 2022 The photo in the Tribune doesn’t do Laura Condon justice. Laura was no nonsense when I worked with her but she didn’t glower. She… Continue Reading
A simple map I like August 23, 2022 This was such a simple way to show how most maps distort the Earth especially the common Mercator projection. For years cartographers have tried… Continue Reading
Podcast 36 May 27, 2022 Subbing (substitute teaching) in a time of national reckoning Go to: www.weltyforcongress.com Would you like to change American politics for the better? Set a… Continue Reading
Whatever happened to M. ? March 25, 2022 Over the weekend an old question that has hovered over me was answered. Whatever happened to M? M. was a young woman I graduated… Continue Reading
Four old buddies March 25, 2022 My latest Reader Column This is the real voodoo doll I used https://www.snowbizz.com/images/Animations/spinvoodoo.gif Continue Reading
Letter from Isaiah March 18, 2022 I tempt fate when I neglect my blog. I want it to be read but my readership, modest as it is, needs something to… Continue Reading
My daughter weighs in on the life of a Teacher February 23, 2022 Now a message from the other woman in my immediate family: Continue Reading
In case anyone in that school district that banned the Maus books needs one for their children… January 31, 2022 I have them both. Continue Reading
Subbing in a time of national reckoning January 28, 2022 My current Not Eudora Column in today’s Reader: You can read it here: By The Way: When I was on the Duluth School Board… Continue Reading
Two days of Subbing December 10, 2021 Its Friday and I was invited to sub today but declined. Tuesday and Wednesday were both eight hour days. I managed well enough and… Continue Reading
No one is harder on me… December 6, 2021 …than me. I have a two day subbing gig tomorrow and Wednesday. This time it will be with middle schoolers. For the past twenty… Continue Reading
Truth in Advertizing December 4, 2021 I have spent the better part of the last month in overdrive organizing 50 years worth of family and personal documents. It has been… Continue Reading
The current column in the Reader November 20, 2021 The poor old Duluth Reader is having trouble keeping its online version up with its paper version so I can no longer guarantee a… Continue Reading
“Seeing Red,” My long misarchived column found November 17, 2021 My archiving work keeps turning up lost or misplaced items. One such last night was the letter my Grandfather wrote to my mother after… Continue Reading
Substitute teaching October 28, 2021 I was just on this site to renew my substitute teaching license. Actually I signed up for it in 2018 and never put it… Continue Reading
Next is math October 28, 2021 I’m quite pleased with the note below from Duolingo. Its about the sixth such thank you I have received and to me its a… Continue Reading
Not Eudora endorses Loren Martell October 26, 2021 I’m voting for Loren Martell It begins: Other than me, no has kept a closer eye on the Duluth School Board for the last… Continue Reading