Blogging while pissed off August 16, 2017 Its a terrible thing to do but I’m pissed off. In an hour I will go to a memorial for my uncle Frank but… Continue Reading
Candidate Krivogorsky’s View August 16, 2017 Bogdana (her Ukranian birth name) Krivogorsky has been Americanized since she immigrated to the US at age 15. She goes by Dana (pronounced Donna)… Continue Reading
Candidate Gorham’s view August 15, 2017 The Trib will feature the thoughts of the 5 at-large Duluth School Board candidates one-a-day from now to Saturday. Here’s Josh’s contribution. BTW –… Continue Reading
On the backs of our teachers and children August 15, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwuyk9KM7A4 Much to my annoyance this link takes you to the video of yesterday’s School Board’s special meeting that won’t play for me. That’s… Continue Reading
Stuff it! August 13, 2017 I face long hours stuffing envelopes to deliver door to door around Duluth. They are both information sharing and fund raising and they are… Continue Reading
Swan song with the school board August 13, 2017 An email sent to all Duluth school board candidates this week: Thank you all for participating! This Northland Issues will air Sunday, August 27th… Continue Reading
Big Boo Boo August 11, 2017 I made quite a fuss in this recent post about our lost ISD 709 students (30% of the total students we could be educating)… Continue Reading
August blogging, campaigning, and family life August 11, 2017 I’ve had an uptick in visitors since I resumed blogging after my return from China. There will be much more to add as the… Continue Reading
Small World August 10, 2017 Shepherding my grandsons around I forgot to check my calendar this morning. No problem. Memorial Blood Bank called to ask why I was late… Continue Reading
China journey – last Facebook “slideshow” August 10, 2017 Here’s how I captioned my final Facebook slideshow on our China trip: “A Ming Garden that survived the Cultural Revolution. Ancient crafts that survived…. Continue Reading
Batting 0 for 7 August 9, 2017 “On behalf of the DFT screening committee I want to thank you for spending the time with us last night to share your views… Continue Reading
Second to the last China Slideshow August 8, 2017 I’m not quite sure what days of our trip these represent. We berthed in Wuhan two nights next to some not quite mothballed Chinese… Continue Reading
On being up to my neck in alligators… August 8, 2017 …and trying to remember that I came to drain the swamp. I worked overtime before leaving for China to get all my projects tidied… Continue Reading
On Being August 6, 2017 I caught the end of a BBC broadcast early this morning which I found engrossing and then tuned into On Being while I ironed… Continue Reading
Spirit Valley Days not. . . August 5, 2017 . . . Spirit Mountain Days. I had two people correct me about that faulty post. I attended the “family day” part of it… Continue Reading
Third China slideshow August 5, 2017 Facebook has become a useful place for me to record things happening in my life. But I still resent opening it up to a… Continue Reading
a hundred year Global Warming graphic . .. August 5, 2017 . . . in 29 seconds: Its explained here on Live Science. Sorry, but Al Gore knows what he’s talking about. Continue Reading
Medical schools are catching up with public schools… August 4, 2017 …where pedagogy is concerned. According to this story on NPR today: For students starting medical school, the first year can involve a lot of… Continue Reading
VPN in China August 4, 2017 Before I left China I learned that a few of my fellow travelers were downloading VPN aps to get around the Great China Firewall…. Continue Reading
Making up for Chinese censorship August 4, 2017 Finding myself denied the chance to send out greetings to Facebook left me with some pent up frustration. As my eight loyal readers know… Continue Reading