One of many emails concerning rubber tire mulch January 27, 2017 Jan 18 (9 days ago) to Art, anne.harala, david.kirby, rosalie, alanna.oswald, Nora, me Thank you for sharing these slides. I will read through them… Continue Reading
Daphnia in tire soup experiment April 18, 2017 Today’s lead story in the Trib highlighted the scientific investigations of two Duluth Middle School students. These young people were way ahead of the… Continue Reading
Save the Earth – start with rubber mulch April 14, 2017 Duluth Parents for Healthy Playgrounds Playgrounds Fundraiser for Duluth Public Schools Join the PTA for a family-friendly event with food, fun, cash bar, silent… Continue Reading
My Mulch Reply to Jennifer February 25, 2017 Jennifer, Such simple questions can lead to the longest more tortured answers. Here’s my tortured answer for you. By temperament I hate wasting money,… Continue Reading
More on Mulch to “M” January 11, 2017 Over the past few weeks I’ve received dozens of letters imploring me to proceed with the replacement of the tire mulch. One of those… Continue Reading
In defense of mulch replacement September 8, 2016 Yesterday a smart critique of our (my) School Board’s decision to replace rubber tire mulch was published in the DNT. Rather than link to… Continue Reading
Mulch on the Op Ed page today April 29, 2016 The Editors of the Trib weighed in on the issue of rubber tire playground mulch today with a special emphasis urging the Board to… Continue Reading
Mulch Conundrums October 22, 2015 The Trib has a good summary of our Mulch Meeting last night. This morning I read a short article in the NY Times that… Continue Reading
Mulling over mulch August 23, 2015 I haven’t searched the internet for any arguments pro or con on mulch. I will probably have to do this at some point. I… Continue Reading
Mulch Ado about something? August 21, 2015 School Board candidate Alanna Oswald sent me this take on the issue regarding the rubber “mulch” we have in our school playgrounds. i don’t… Continue Reading
Playground Safety and that rubber mulch August 18, 2015 I mentioned that playground mulch that some parents are wanting reviewed or removed with an Internet petition. I mentioned my chief gripe that shredded… Continue Reading
A delayed request for a change order September 20, 2017 NOTE: THIS POST CONTAINS THE CLAIM THAT THE STOWE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND IS NOT YET DONE. THAT IS NOT TRUE. SO MUCH FOR IMPECCABLE SOURCES…. Continue Reading
Well, I shudda known better than to boast September 7, 2017 It turns out that Gary Westorff has me beat in his giving to school board candidates. His wife also gave Josh Gorham $500 making… 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
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
More borrowing for 709? May 15, 2017 Or as the Trib’s banner headline read this morning. “School projects could lead to debt.” It is debatable whether the rubber tire mulch is… Continue Reading
I won’t wait for three years! Part 1 May 5, 2017 In Chinese the character for “Crisis” is the combination of the symbols for “danger” & “opportunity.” This was my third lousy night’s sleep in… Continue Reading
Inside Baseball oops School Board – email 2 May 1, 2017 like Duluth the Minneapolis schools has decided to replace its rubber tire mulch. Cory Kirsling who has been lobbying the State Legislature with other… 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
A ladyslipper by any other name June 22, 2016 This Post Title was just a cheap way of letting me upload another bucolic image onto my blog. I took the picture yesterday as… Continue Reading