Moves like Jagger October 8, 2014 Quarter to four AM and I’m listening the “Kids Rock” on Pandora. A bit of a surprise but I share Pandora with my daughter… Continue Reading
Piano Quintet in A major, B.155 (Op. 81)(once listed as 77) October 5, 2014 It took me quite a while to type up that title. The last notes of the piece are fading away as I type this…. Continue Reading
People of Color – 3 October 3, 2014 Oh, a couple more things. Henry did not know that I was from Topeka, Kansas. Infamous Topeka. He was intrigued. I’ve made no secret… Continue Reading
People of Color – 2 October 3, 2014 I thoroughly enjoyed myself at Henry Banks radio interview. Henry let me run off the mouth over and over. I always apologized for it… Continue Reading
Pardon my French September 30, 2014 I was out and about today and ran across one of the smartest and most knowledgeable non-licensed staff in the Central Administration Building back… Continue Reading
People of Color September 30, 2014 Henry Banks, who ran for the school board last fall, left a message on my phone yesterday inviting me to be interviewed on his… Continue Reading
693 visitors yesterday September 30, 2014 If that’s not a daily record number of visitors to my blog its close. I haven’t had numbers like that since I was raising… Continue Reading
Me, the fourth black school board member in Duluth History. September 27, 2014 The glorious week of mild autumnal weather continues. I put another eight hours on the ladder yesterday painting under my eves. Today I’ll put… Continue Reading
Quorum Call September 26, 2014 I’ll start with the good news. Yesterday I got far enough in my house painting so that today will be the last day I… Continue Reading
Axe me no questions….shame on me September 25, 2014 Tuesday was beautiful. I planned on going to Myers-Wilkins Elementary in the late afternoon but I just kept scraping old paint and priming woodwork… Continue Reading
Axe me no questions again, again, September 23, 2014 I woke up a week ago thinking about the DWB posts (here’s the first) and the learning gap in Duluth Schools and six years… Continue Reading
“corn seeds” September 22, 2014 I spent the afternoon scraping paint off the windows of my house…….after replacing the pulley on my two stage ladder. Just as well. I… Continue Reading
Its not the colonscopy I hate September 22, 2014 My Buddy is on my case because I’ve posted several title only posts: Harry: There is nothing there. Your Buddy Yup, A couple nights… Continue Reading
Not sleeping on it any more September 20, 2014 I’ve kept this Calvin and Hobbes cartoon on the bulletin board by my computer for ten years judging by how faded it is: Continue Reading
Axe me no questions….again September 20, 2014 When I wrote the first post by this title it was after an hour of waking in bed planning a dozen related posts about… Continue Reading
How I solve Jigsaw Puzzles September 20, 2014 Every year since my children were little Claudia and I have tried to find a jigsaw puzzle to put together around the Christmas Season…. Continue Reading
My trip to Barnes and Noble September 19, 2014 School Board work is putting a dent in my book reading this year. At the moment I’m reading a new novel out loud on… Continue Reading
Lost hour September 19, 2014 I just spent and hour writing a post on a tangent that had nothing to do with the twenty other posts I wanted to… Continue Reading
Friday, 1:24 AM September 19, 2014 Always, my preoccupation with sleeplessness. Woke up around midnight. Listening to Rhapsody in Blue on Pandora as I type this. If I thought I… Continue Reading
