Curse You, Alexander Graham Bell!
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I’ve been working on a post about last weekend’s hot and sticky 20 mile training run. Continue Reading
Firefly Magic
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I discovered one, perhaps the only, benefit to the ghastly heat and humidity that has relentlessly descended upon us. Last week, while driving home, I was witness to the most elaborate firefly extravaganza I have ever seen in my fifty years of firefly watching. The moisture and record-breaking warm temperatures have spurred the last of the fireflies for the season into a frenzy.
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Summertime is movie time!
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My very best friend is coming into town next weekend and I am STOKED. We are going to do all the things we used to do, back when we were young college gals. That’s right; watch movies and eat cookies. PAAAARTAY!
Deming Heights delights!
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Looking for some summer fun? Try packing camera and maybe a snatch of buttery Scandinavian treats for a climb up Norwegian Hill. It’s on St. Anthony Parkway near Fillmore in the peaceful and shaded depths of Deming Heights Park, a ten acre jewel of the Grand Rounds National Scenic Highways system. Continue Reading
Mubarak and Murdoch: The Arab Spring gives way to the Anglo-American Summer
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Picture it: a pair of aging despots, each in his 80s.
One of them has already witnessed the previously unthinkable unraveling of his evil empire. The other is witnessing the first irreversible steps in the previously unthinkable unraveling of his evil empire.
On knowing your neighbors
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On Thursday, after a long morning meeting with TCDP editor Mary Turck about the story I’ve been working on since February (finally done — hooray!), I was at home working on final edits and decided I should probably double check to see if I had forgotten about any major deadlines. Sure enough, looking back through my email I realized that I had promised TCDP arts editor Jay Gabler that I would write a preview, with photos, of the new Michele Spaise show at Intermedia Arts, which was to have its opening reception the next day. Continue Reading
Hello. My name is Lanie and I’m a worrywart.
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Summer feels like its finally here. Continue Reading
Independence Day for Thai Women: The luck of Yingluck Shinawatra
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On Sunday, July 3 something truly remarkable happened in Thailand. The country woke up a venerable patriarchy and went to bed having elected the first female Prime Minister in the nation’s history.
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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | July 2011 events in the West 7th Street neighborhoods of St Paul Minnesota
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Monday, July 4: Neighbors are gathering for the Fourth of July fireworks in Upper Landing this year!