Tonight Tammy and I went to one of our favorite restaurants in town, Martina. We were excited to see their new outdoor patio space. Patios have gone from being a nice summer option to one of the most important things a restaurant can have during the pandemic. The space is …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Martina’s New PatioThis graph speaks volumes about the impact to society from the pandemic.
Coronavirus maps via the New York Times.
Minneapolis Public Schools phased approach to managing COVID-19.
Facial recognition doesn’t stand a chance with my pandemic vacation wear.
Coronavirus spread via New York Times Morning Briefing.
Watched American Experience: Fatal Flood this evening. I didn’t know the history of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and the terrible racist actions around it. Just 93 years ago…
Tammy and I watched Minnesota Experience: Jim Crow of the North tonight. It was incredibly eye opening to one form of systemic racism that I have been surrounded by for over two decades and was not aware of. Racist real estate covenants were pervasive in Minneapolis and the …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Jim Crow of the NorthThe southwest dogleg of Cannon Lake is already extremely weedy with a lot of floating algae. The boat lanes look like roads. With July and August still ahead of us, this could be a pretty bad year for algae.
Email from our daughters high school:
“Due to budget cuts, the number of counselors serving Washburn students has shrunk from 5 to 3. Though our enrollment will once again be approximately 1650 students…”
We are in an incredibly anxious time. Many families are destabilized due to the pandemic and record unemployment. Add to that the tough work that we need to do on racism. Reducing counselors by 40% in the midst of that feels short-sighted.
Budgets are what they are, but hopefully these kids are going to find some support in their communities and families too, as many will need it.
