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Our parish, Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, was an early and enthusiastic volunteer to host new arrivals from Afghanistan last Fall. Donna and her husband Rich were among those who volunteered to welcome the new members of the community. Donna’s photo and comments follow. Basilica has long been ‘on the court’ on this issue. […]
Entire Brochure can be viewed here: ARC – Doing the Doable001 Thursday evening Daniel Wordsworth of the American Refugee Committee (ARC) gave his perspectives on the “Global Refugee Crisis”. It was a powerful evening for the 50 of us in attendance. (click to enlarge) There are tens of thousands of “NGOs” (non-governmental organizations) like ARC. […]
POSTNOTE March 7: Here is a powerful video from Kathy, who says: “Here is a short video recently completed under IARP [Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project Minnesota] guidance. A refugee story of recent reluctant Iraqi refugee. Ali lives here in Mpls. now. I find his telling of his story quite impactful.” PRE-NOTE: If you haven’t […]
The emphasis of this post is the upcoming talk by Nurit Peled-Elhanan (see below). All I know about the talk and speaker is what you see below. To be clear, what the speaker will likely talk about is common in how national histories are conveyed. All who feel they’re part of a dominant culture or […]
Like many in my age cohort, life becomes a daily exercise in divestment: Who would want this? Why am I keeping that? In a cabinet in the garage, was the 1966-67 yearbook of the 1300 student Roosevelt Junior High School in Blaine MN. I was in my fourth year of teaching, second year there. […]
About a month ago, I decided to do a post on a topic in which I’ve long been interested, but had spent little time on: the immigration of French-Canadians to the Midwest. The results are in two posts, April 21 and 28, both accessible here. Here’s a general map for reference. Coincidentally, on May 11, […]
POSTNOTE Feb 23: Ukraine at One Year, here. * There are several comments to the last post, from Claude, Rich, Jeff and myself about weapons of war. You might want to take a look. Today is Valentine’s Day. Judging from the stash of old postcards from the farm, Valentine’s Day was significant, even against Christmas […]
POSTNOTE Dec. 26, 2022: The following paragraphs basically summarize events the last few days before Christmas. Here are two commentaries which I think you’d find of interest, received today: Letters from an American Dec 25; The Weekly Sift, Dec. 26. The “Patriots” are all of us who saved the country from the invasion Jan. 6, […]
POSTNOTE Dec 17: Jan. 6 Committee: Mon and Wed Dec 19&21. These may be televised. Ten years ago today (Dec 14, 2012) I was at a Twin Cities Shopping Mall where grandson Spencer and Middle School classmates were giving a concert. Here’s Spencer (at left, in black, with Trombone) and classmates. Spencer was 12. Concert […]
I spared neither time nor expense for my artwork. Four weeks from today is “all she wrote”…and voting is only part of the citizens duty. Know who you’re voting for, and support them in the many ways you can in the next weeks. Nov. 9 is too late. Here is the portal for Information, again: […]