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5/25/2022

Another School Shooting

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I had to turn off the news tonight. The coverage of the school shooting in Uvalve, Texas, was too much for me. It happened yesterday afterno...
8/06/2020

Graduation in the Time of Covid

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My nephew graduated this year. He's from a school outside of Des Moines, Iowa--a rural school, but not as small as a lot of them. He mis...

Vacationing In the Time of Covid

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In early July we went to the resort in northern Minnesota where my wife has gone since she was young. Things were different this year, of co...
6/15/2020

Re-opening during Covid-19

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Some of the state restrictions are lightening up a little. Last week we went to a restaurant and ate on their patio. There were about four o...
6/03/2020

A City (and Nation and World) at Unrest

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5/29/2020

Race Relations during Covid 19

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Today I have to ask my children if they feel safe going to their mom's house tonight. She lives in North Minneapolis (where I used to li...
5/21/2020

A Trip Home during Covid 19

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My sons and I drove down to Iowa for 5 days last week to visit my parents. It was partly for our mental health, partly for my mom's ment...
4/26/2020

Birthdays in the time of Covid 19

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Good friends of our have children with birthdays today and tomorrow. Today their oldest turned eight. Tomorrow their second-born turns four....
4/17/2020

School in the time of Covid 19

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The biggest change for our children, I believe, is school. They had spring break early in March and came back to the schols being closed. I ...
4/13/2020

Easter in the time of Covid19

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Easter was different this year. Now, it would have been different regardless of the pandemic going on as the majority of our kids were at th...