Category: Phillips/Powderhorn
POWDERHORN BIRDWATCH: Gifts, travels and astute observations fill winter wonderland
The Light and Heavy Chorale (earthbound)
BY ELAINE KLAASSEN Dust to dust. Whatever. Life is hard. Fires, storms, early deaths, accidents, failures, let-downs, rejections, abandonments, wars. Life goes on. We make our chips and dip, fire up the pickup truck, shingle the roof and sew our wedding dresses. We still smile at the sunrise and hold hands at…
Al: Don’t Resign You’re good enough. You’re smart enough. And doggone it, we love you!
The light of liberation
A visit from some solstice ghosts
CONFESSIONS OF AN UNREPENTANT MAOIST: Downzoning
BY ED FELIEN In 1970 I was publishing Hundred Flowers, a weekly underground newspaper, an anti-war, anti-racist, early feminist, psychedelic fun rag that sold for a quarter. Some people were having a demonstration somewhere on Harriet Avenue protesting the demolition of houses to make room for a two-and-a-half story walk-up…
St. Helena Catholic School revitalizes music program
Peace on earth holiday vigil
Myths, shibboleths and dogma
Other December holidays share Christmas traits
BY STEPHANIE FOX In December, Christmas takes over everything. Christmas music is everywhere, dozens of TV specials and shows have Christmas themes, decorations with Christmas themes fill homes, stores and the streets. Anything winter related becomes a symbol of Christmas, from toy soldiers to snowflakes to bells to stars to…
FROM WHERE I STAND: Notes from the desk of peace activist Polly Mann (b. Nov.19,1919)
A wrongfully-convicted man’s vision During these depressing “Days of Trump” a little positive news is helpful. Therefore with anticipation I began to read the Oct. 6 New York Times article entitled “An Innocent Man Who Imagined the World as It Should Be.” His name was John Thompson, a resident of New…
THE DISH: Where to get brunch quick and cheap (Weekend Edition)
How do you earn your way out of poverty?
It’s good to open a discussion on poverty. I appreciate Joe Selvaggio’s article in that regard. However, his tone makes one think that he lives miles and miles from the people who find themselves, for many, many different reasons, without the means to survive. His deprecating tone is disturbing. And…
Let’s put the less fortunate to work
BY JOE SELVAGGIO Upon reading the amazing book “Amazing MN” by Lee Lynch, I found myself smug and proud of my adoptive state, Minnesota. Fact after fact, picture after picture evoked, “Wow, I’m lucky to live here.” We have invested wisely in literacy and education, recreational sites, arts, sports teams…