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On July 19th, 2012, Rose McGee found a burning molotov cocktail outside her Golden Valley home. The next day, clergy, elected officials and community members gathered at her home to stand for Rose and everybody’s right to live free of fear and intimidation, and to be treated fairly by banks like CitiMortgage.
This howling,
This strutting about,
This fist shaking,
This victim’s entitlement,
This juice squeezed
From the balls of violence,
This scorn of spectacles,
This impatience with speech,
This murdering of grief,
This self-cutting,
This blood weeping
From the eyes,
These monuments to us,
This camouflage,
These reflecting lenses,
This Kevlar vest, Continue Reading
Minneapolis has long been tagged as a city that erases its history, but city officials are planning to do something about it. They decided to create interpretive centers where forgotten parts of the city past could be recreated and interpreted.
I’m not sure. I think it was just the proximate cause, the trigger for the steep tailspin that has been building up inside me for months – maybe years. All I know is that when I came upon the notice on Craigslists lately, it made me want to go drown myself in a bucket of artificial butter.
“Face painters wanted for traveling dinosaur show (USA).”
Friends have been checking in to see how my marathon training is going and how I’m feeling about it. Continue Reading
This was the question most frequently posed to me over the course of a few months when I would tell friends, neighbors, or colleagues that I wanted to buy the house at 2601 Penn, with “Are you crazy?!” and “Do you want to get shot?” as first and second runners-up. Continue Reading
Last night Hubby and I fulfilled one of our deepest fantasies. No. We didn’t go all 50 Shades of Grey over here, you guttersnipe. It was much better. Last night we ran away from home.
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The federal government has worked with auto manufacturers on aggressive fuel economy standards. Current standards for 2016 will reach 35.5mpg; and if approved, the new car standard would soar to 54.5 mpg in 2025. Environment Minnesota released a report saying high mileage rates could both save Minnesota drivers money at the pump, and be a major step forward for controlling emissions.We talked to engineers at the University of Minnesota who say it’s possible to meet the standard, but expect some tradeoffs Continue Reading
Years ago when we were sixth graders Virgil Davis and I had a saying we loved to repeat: “Flannery will get you nowhere.”
Hey, guess what! Sidewalk Dog is selling pet licenses!