Stuff I found in the belfry May 18, 2018 After forty years attending Glen Avon Presbyterian Church, all the while an agnostic non member, and a quarter century in the choir I was… Continue Reading
Duty, Honor, Country May 3, 2018 Ah that’s better. I’ll give you an update after I get my hour of french practice in. Before we left for Florida a second… Continue Reading
Georges Méliès May 3, 2018 A very cool video from Google’s greeting of the day of a Disney-like figure in France, the innovative movie maker, Georges Méliès. I want… Continue Reading
Duty, Honor, Country sans one May 2, 2018 Darn, I’ll need to rotate this…….more later. My photo sharing ap is being very balky. Its late and … We just ordered our tickets… Continue Reading
On my recent posting vacation April 23, 2018 My seven loyal readers (one recently excused himself from regular readership as he felt I put altogether too much emphasis on civil rights in… Continue Reading
Some filler between snow shoveling April 16, 2018 Busy, Busy, Busy. I only made about seven hours last week for my French studies……which are mostly a lot of drill, drill, drill. I… Continue Reading
I want to (not) run for Congress again April 13, 2018 I have always considered myself the most reasonable person. I am far more inclined to begin most arguments by putting the other fellow’s or… Continue Reading
Pick Pocket Proof Pants April 9, 2018 This post was going to be a reverie on Facebook, Google et al and their scarfing up information about their users. It was appropos… Continue Reading
Molotov’s Wife April 9, 2018 Note: I’m afraid I lied. I have not taken the time to proof read and edit this entry. I studied French instead. I woke… Continue Reading
It was the best of Times April 7, 2018 The beginning of one of the few dozen novels I’ve read begins: “It was the best of times it was the worst of times.”… Continue Reading
Twelve Gallon Excuse…..for not blogging March 29, 2018 I donated my 96th pint of blood at Memorial Blood Center Yesterday. That’s twelve gallons. I plan to write a Reader column about this… Continue Reading
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty March 17, 2018 Reading the morning news over two plus hours has burdened me on a day I was hoping to shove away some paperwork to more… Continue Reading
This’n that before I hit the sack March 13, 2018 I had the house mostly to myself today as Claudia went to St. Paul to lobby our legislature with folks worried about the poor… Continue Reading
Mon Grand Fils March 12, 2018 I spent the last couple days of the week in a fierce competition with an anonymous opponent on my cell phone trying to put… Continue Reading
A sick feeling March 8, 2018 It is only a sense of deep obligation to keep my eight loyal readers focused on our nation’s future that keeps me away from… Continue Reading
I’m getting worried about the world and might prefer… March 6, 2018 …BEING LOST IN SPACE. I am a lucky man. That is, I suppose, apropos of nothing but it seems a good way to begin… Continue Reading
As Minnesota is pulled down by gravity and sun February 28, 2018 My children and my wife make sport over me whenever I began talking about natural phenomena. They all call out “glaciers!” when I get… Continue Reading
Half read books February 26, 2018 I have finished reading two books so far this year but have been unable to upload them to my lifetime reading list for technical… Continue Reading
The downside of a good stereotype February 18, 2018 Here’s a quick read from NPR. We’ve come to Florida’s Atlantic coast with the King of Stereotyping our golfing President. And due, I guess,… Continue Reading
Nolan’s retirement has opened the floodgates February 16, 2018 But this and other stories – the latest school massacres, years of Russian political meddling, the latest embarrassment for evangelicals who pronounced that Donald… Continue Reading
