A little of the Much More to Come July 31, 2016 Here’s some of the “much more to come” suggested at the end of the previous post. As I type my printer is cranking out… Continue Reading
My second stint as a wage earning thespian July 31, 2016 And the cast – for Hatestorm’s teaser – is set. I got paid as an extra many years ago in Iron Will and was… Continue Reading
Draw the Circle Wide July 29, 2016 I wrote last spring about my chance to sing with Duluth City Councilor Gary Anderson. Well one of the songs we recorded was the… Continue Reading
Achievement Gap stubbornly remains despite four-year trend of higher test scores July 29, 2016 As the Trib reported yesterday our District has recently made modest gains in student testing achievement vis a vis the state. According to our… Continue Reading
Loren’s latest rap July 29, 2016 In his latest column, this one defending Edison from its many recent critics Loren Martell makes this observation: “If you hang around the school… Continue Reading
Psalm 10 and Octopus Ink July 29, 2016 In the six months since I’ve returned from Jerusalem I’ve managed to get over half way from Genesis to the last of the minor… Continue Reading
Pholcus Phalangiodies July 29, 2016 Also known, apparently, as the “celler spider. I am reasonably sure I’ve got this spider correctly identified because it has two attributes I witnessed… Continue Reading
Republicans for Putin July 26, 2016 I had heard the last of Robert Reich’s seven points but not the first six. The sixth is interesting because the GOP platform means… Continue Reading
Martell on Martin-Romme July 22, 2016 Loren Martell also appreciated the Zenith City Weekly’s column and said so in his spot on the Duluth Reader. Its a nice complement to… Continue Reading
Survivor’s guilt July 22, 2016 We took some refrigerator items from a friend whose electicity is still out and made space in ours until they get their juice back…. Continue Reading
a NEW TWIST ON THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES July 21, 2016 I just watched a god-awful long speech with a unique twist on that fairy tale. In this speech it was the Emperor who bought… Continue Reading
The old salt revealed – what was behind that beard of mine? July 19, 2016 I’ve got ten minutes to blog before I head off to tonight’s school board meeting. I have shed my beard much to the amazement… Continue Reading
Some of what’s on my mind and that will stay there for a little while longer July 18, 2016 Wendell Anderson RIP, the book I didn’t write. Doing no harm, blog posts I did write. Presidential Politics, Munch’s Scream anyone? Is it really… Continue Reading
Forgetting Orlando……..an antidote……Blackish July 15, 2016 Ditto re: the opening of the last post. Damiano comes first. This morning as I listened to the gruesome details of the rampaging truck… Continue Reading
Bob Mars, a cow, and a change in the sequence of events July 15, 2016 I’ll write this sometime after I return from serving lunch at the Damiano Soup Kitchen. OK. I’m back. Shortly after finishing my post on… Continue Reading
Bent Elbows July 14, 2016 Claudia and I decided to have lunch together this afternoon. We called our daughter to invite her. As a teacher she has her summer… Continue Reading
Bob Mars Jr. July 14, 2016 Bob Mars Jr. died yesterday. I served with Bob for six years on the Duluth School Board. I first met him forty years ago… Continue Reading
Making out tedious SB meetings available to all July 12, 2016 There have been a few news articles about public education over the past couple of weeks in the Trib that I’ve not been inclined… Continue Reading
My Chum’s chum July 10, 2016 It’s been a sobering week in the news. During our church service today our old pastor read St. Francis of Assisi’s famous prayer. Like… Continue Reading
Loren Martell’s Time Machine July 2, 2016 Watching our June 21st school board meeting in full on youtube will take you three hours and 18 minutes. That’s a big reason to… Continue Reading
