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
The return of the bad old days? April 23, 2018 I have not quite scrupulously avoided mention of the Duluth School District since the public retired me from the Duluth School Board. (a retirement… Continue Reading
Join me April 21, 2018 Writing French politics fine food I will explain later. 6HKBES 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
WriteinHarryWelty forCongress.com April 15, 2018 Don’t bother looking for it. I’m busy with snow church family french lessons. I haven’t set any place up to campaign for yet other… 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
Whatever happened…..My latest Not Eudora Column April 12, 2018 Whatever Happened to the Magnificent Seven Thanks to the Reader for the nice graphic. It begins: In 1966, at age 16, I discovered pop… Continue Reading
The “wrong side” is winning April 10, 2018 https://zippy.gfycat.com/SoulfulAcclaimedKouprey.webm Despite the impossibly compelling news items today about our unraveling Presidency I have only one item to mention in the blog today. It… 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
A Rose by any other name March 30, 2018 For a couple of days I’ve gotten two comedian’s confused. But first let me interject a completely unnecessary digression about female comedians (since I’ve… Continue Reading
Rank Choice March 29, 2018 I listened to an interview on MPR today that raised my hackles. It was not this story from two days ago. Instead it was… Continue Reading
“Beware the Jackboot” – my latest Reader Column March 29, 2018 The Readers are still being placed in their bins across town but my column is already on their website. I don’t want to discourage… 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
Back to the school grind – Not March 27, 2018 My heart fluttered a bit when three days ago my readership tripled for couple days. (8 “loyal readers” x 3 = 24) Well, a… Continue Reading
“Nous avons lu assez de livres” March 26, 2018 Among the many news articles that have drawn my attention was one today about Trump son-in-law schmoozing his way around the world to make… Continue Reading
More on vigilance March 23, 2018 I have been heartened by the large response to my recent post on Vigilance. If we had a smarter adversary trying to undermine our… 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
Pardon Mon French – latest Not Eudora March 16, 2018 I just got my computer out of the Geek Squad’s hands. It had been acting up. Just in time to link it to my… Continue Reading