Cassandra 3 May 3, 2020 I’ve written Cassandra 1, 2 and 3 in order so that you can read them as you scroll backward 3, 2 and 1. The… Continue Reading
Cassandra 2 May 3, 2020 Cassandra was a woman cursed to tell only the truth. I began calling myself Cassandra when I was first elected to the School Board… Continue Reading
Cassandra 3 May 3, 2020 At the end of this post I’ve added the email that Jimmy Saranpaa sent me. He’s an Iron Range politico who has loathed the… Continue Reading
S. worries about my verbal excess April 17, 2020 My office floor is clean for the first time in many months. I took my Mother’s inheritance in 2015 and spent it in two… Continue Reading
Blessed Assurance April 5, 2020 Church via livestreaming. We began with the song Blessed Assurance while sitting on our living room sofa. Claudia is hand sewing a mask together… Continue Reading
Still life for the age of corona virus March 28, 2020 first of three pics. Moi avec mon nouveau look. Must keep up my French. I think my recent difficulty getting a good night’s sleep… Continue Reading
Edging closer to a fourth abyss – My latest Reader Column March 26, 2020 The Duluth Reader, to whom I am fondly in debt for kick starting my print career, didn’t get printed last week. Robert Boone told… Continue Reading
STAY IN PLACE – DAY 4 March 22, 2020 A street in Paris under lock down. My French pen pal Etienne sent me this today. No traffic on the streets of Paris. I… Continue Reading
Stay in place – Day 1 March 18, 2020 This is not our first day of partial voluntary confinement. Sunday my wife reluctantly went to our church service as one of the indispensable… Continue Reading
And I talk politics with my French pen pal March 12, 2020 Even as I tear my hair out with my ex brother in law I’ve got other political discussions started in one case with a… Continue Reading
Back in the Saddle again March 11, 2020 So to speak. I posted twice from Arizona while I was away. It was a good vacation. Actually it was a good second vacation… Continue Reading
Arizona Highways March 9, 2020 I’ve kept up my French in Arizona for the past 11 days but given up blogging. I’m going to the blog today as I’ll… Continue Reading
The three eared hombre March 2, 2020 If I hadn’t mentioned it before I am traveling once again. Today I am in Sedona, Arizona, and reading about the corona virus, the… Continue Reading
Behind the scenes of a snow sculpture February 23, 2020 I like to look at my snow sculptures from my windows. I don’t build them to be seen from the back but I like… Continue Reading
Cruisin February 21, 2020 For five nights I’ve been on a Disney Cruise of the Caribbean during a Winter break. I was blissfully ignorant of our plans or… Continue Reading
Political Spin the Bottle February 8, 2020 In our current atmosphere a day can spin you off in new directions. I have written two columns for next week’s Reader and now… Continue Reading
David Brooks is wrong January 25, 2020 A fretful sleepless me awoke in a drier version of night sweats. I got up and wrote my next Reader Column. You will only… Continue Reading
I returned some of my book money January 23, 2020 I sent this letter to my 70 some book buyers. It prompted four of them to request refunds. December 18, 2019 To 75 people… Continue Reading
Harry’s Diary 1/23/2020 January 23, 2020 I returned money yesterday…..that’s the next post. Today I signed up for two more French apps on my cell phone. One allows me to… Continue Reading
From Ken Star – GOP expert January 20, 2020 The Constitution is unconstitutional. And this is the second time he’s been involved in one. I am tempted to think he’s a tad hypocritical… Continue Reading