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Life in da big city, and in Saint Paul as well.
Tuesday was the first day of school.
My kids are old enough that it’s not that big of a deal. Yes, they were looking forward to seeing their friends again. No, they didn’t like the idea of sitting in a structured environment all day. The week leading up to the big event was a combination of fear and hope, happiness and depression.
Elections are turned on who shows up. A low turnout usually favors the more conservative candidate for a variety of reasons, so it’s up to the left to get people to the polls. For this reason, a Get Out The Vote (GOTV) strategy is an essential part of any Democrat’s campaign.
Many Americans think that we play “The Star Spangled Banner” at the start of sporting events because it is our National Anthem. In reality, it is our National Anthem because it was played at the start of sporting events.
Stories are all around us. There is a reason behind how things are and why they were arranged the way they were. Sometimes, the stories are alive even as they stand in silence.
My hometown of Saint Paul has many relics of the people who first ventured west to pioneer the end of the Mississippi. Their names live on in the streets around us and in the headstones at Oakland Cemetery. Their values are present in the homes we live in, antebellum Greek Revival structures that call us to believe in Democracy, much like the Greek Revival towns like Utica that they came from.
I’d like to include a pointer to a recent article I posted on the essential elements of community:
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?id=30576
Why is such a thing needed? Everyone has a different definition of “community”. Most of these definitions are not all that useful when it comes to evaluating whether or not a project enhances community or not.
Barataria - The work of Erik Hare 