On shoveling snow January 7, 2019 I’ve just returned home from lunch at Duluth’s charming Italian restaurant Valentini’s where for an hour over an “Iron Range Porketta” Sandwich I was… Continue Reading
Not so fast Harry! January 4, 2019 Before I break into some self defensive confession I must first say I’m delighted by my Baby New Year’s (aka Donald Trump) losing his… Continue Reading
The surgery has not gone well January 3, 2019 I attempted an untested surgical procedure in order to return the New Year’s Baby’s dismembered head to its rightful place. Present to record, for… Continue Reading
Winter busywork December 29, 2018 The absence of blog posts doesn’t mean I don’t have a lot to pontificate about……But perhaps silence really is golden. In that case here… Continue Reading
Christmas Eve 2018 December 26, 2018 My daughter channeling an angel: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10217950381262061&id=1560676486 Continue Reading
Thank you Ben Franklin December 19, 2018 I was surprised in Bruges, France this September when just past the city’s great cathedral I found a philatelie shop. That’s philately in English… Continue Reading
Untitled December 18, 2018 Since my last post I turned 68 and had a half dozen items I felt ought to be posted. But I didn’t write or… Continue Reading
Teaching, Writing, Publishing, Campaign preparation December 8, 2018 When you are unwilling to forget anything but were denied a photographic memory there is only one alternative – never throwing anything away. This,… Continue Reading
Not withstanding the news I wish you a Merry Christmas Season December 8, 2018 And I’m feeling pretty cheerful at the prospect of a new Democratic House of Representatives. The Republican legislators in a couple of states which… Continue Reading
I have church to go to. I’ll edit this later re: George Bush and other stuff December 5, 2018 This Harry’s Diary post didn’t start out with a title drawing attention to my dawdling over posts. But its a good reminder to my… Continue Reading
Writers can collect cobwebs too November 22, 2018 For Thanksgiving, This week’s Not Eudora column in the Reader: And I didn’t mention my matchbook collection that disappeared shortly after my parents found… Continue Reading
Busy but not blogging November 15, 2018 I’ve spent the last few days doing a deep clean and reorganization of my basement instead of blogging or writing. Today I looked at… Continue Reading
The Holidays with Eugène Delacroix November 9, 2018 My eight loyal readers know that in the Holiday season of the late fall I put jigsaw puzzles together. When I go on trips… Continue Reading
Harry Welty for President November 9, 2018 Here’s my latest Not Eudora column in the Duluth Reader with another anonymous troll nipping at my heals…..Trolls tickle. Continue Reading
No Irish need apply November 8, 2018 Now that my three years of watching Donald Trump swallow the Republican Party whole has finally given way to a ray of hope in… Continue Reading
From Lincoln to the Anti-Christ November 1, 2018 Getting ready for Winter. Studying French. Contemplating a new school board race. A War in Opera. Bringing Lincoln back to the Republican Party. Science…. Continue Reading
A little apology and a little mystery October 31, 2018 Paranoia is rampant and I must confess that sometimes it gets the better of me too – though not usually for long. I speculated… Continue Reading
Who was working to save the United States in 1860? Oh Nevermind! Have a few seconds of smiles October 30, 2018 My friend from the 3-and-a-half hour lunch emailed me to tell me that one of his “spies” had reported to him that I was… Continue Reading
Harry’s Diary TMI? Yeah I know. Tough! October 15, 2018 In a couple hours at about 8 AM I’m going to let the doctors check to see if that polyp they found six years… Continue Reading
An anonymous critic October 12, 2018 I discovered a critic at the end of my column on “Frat Boy Justice” in the Reader: Juan Percent Thursday Oct. 11, 2018 Welty,… Continue Reading
