Outside the Walls

Outside the Walls is the blog of Dick Bernard.

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August 29, 2010

By Dick Bernard, Outside the Walls

The Glenn Beck extravaganza at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 2010, has come and gone.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune estimated the crowd at "Tens of thousands"; then, in the same article, mentioned "hundreds of thousands

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Lynn Elling, a world citizen and witness for peace

By Dick Bernard, Outside the Walls

Lynn Elling at Big Sandy Lake August 21, 2010

Every now and then, if one pays attention, someone wanders into their life and makes a difference just by being who he or she is.

For me, one such person is Lynn Elling, Minneapolis, closing in on 90 years young, and 67 years of marriage to Donna.

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The Minnesota Orchestra and preparing for the BBC Proms

By Dick Bernard, Outside the Walls

August 20 we spent a delightful evening at the Minnesota Orchestra Guarantors Concert at Orchestra Hall.

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Last truck out

By Dick Bernard, Outside the Walls

Last night about 6:55 p.m. local time I turned on the TV to watch some evening news.

Rather than what I expected, I was watching the last combat units pulling out of Iraq into neighboring Kuwait. I sat transfixed by this until near 9 p.m. my time, and (if I recall rightly) 3:53 a.m.

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Winning last

By Dick Bernard, Outside the Walls

I arrived late for the Dakota County Softball League Championship Picnic on August 17, and as I got out of the car I heard the beginning of the singing of the Star Spangled Banner.

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