Miernickivellian September 27, 2014 Mike Miernicki and I go back a long way to my brief time as a substitute teacher in the early 1980’s, so I take… 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
Half an ugly meeting’s impartial observer. September 22, 2014 There are some wonderful folks in Duluth and one is Karl Schuettler who I’ve blogged about before. After a short stint back in his… 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
What Jefferson said about equal treatment September 20, 2014 A recent email correspondent thanked me and asked me how I make it though school board meetings like our last one. On Fri., Sept… 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
An ugly School Board meeting September 19, 2014 I’d hoped that last Tuesday’s meeting (youtubed here) would end by nine so that I could watch the third episode of the Roosevelt’s from… 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
An email I received to get me back on track… September 19, 2014 …before I rush off to serve lunch at the Soup Kitchen. It was sent late Wednesday night this week: Hello Mr. Welty, Thank you… 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
Crazy Numbers, Priorities, the Silent Treatment September 18, 2014 It was 6:21am when I began opening up this blog to begin this post. It will be a simple post but I want to… Continue Reading
