What has fear really done for you lately?
A little peek into some of the youtube videos and blogs that I sometimes view with this post. I’ve been a follower of The Truther Girls for a little while now, and this video speaks volumes right now to what I’m going through as well right now, and the things I’m talking to folks about too.
Ask yourself – What has my fear really done for me lately? Enjoy this video!
Read MoreA Birthday for a Bus Driver
This video just made my day. Mukhtar is a bus driver in Copenhagen, and his passengers helped him to celebrate his birthday!
Read MoreGraduation!
This past weekend was the graduation of my cousins, Katlin and Shelby. They are the daughters of my mother’s two brothers, and even though I’m 23 years older than they are, I still feel young!
Both ladies are quite involved and very smart! I wish them the very best as they go on to college next year!
Read MoreA visit to Coldwater Spring
I visited Coldwater Spring this week in Minneapolis. Coldwater Spring is the last natural spring in the city of Minneapolis, and was the site of much controversy during the building of the new Highway 55 which passes nearby. In the late 1990s, Camp Coldwater and the area near Coldwater Spring was the site of the largest urban occupation of land in recorded history in the United States. Through the many efforts of neighbors, the native community, and environmental activists, Coldwater Spring was preserved, and the original plans for the highway were revised to avoid the spring.
Though it was saved, the area has been under the control of the Bureau of Mines until recently. Now, the National Parks Service is both maintaining, improving, and preserving the site. Over the next few years they will be tearing down the old abandoned buildings and making way for a natural grassland prairie in the 43 acres around the spring. However, controversies still exist about public opinion of who should have control of Camp Coldwater.
Enjoy the photos on Flickr.
For more information:
Friends of Coldwater Spring
Preserve Camp Coldwater
Turning 41 is not so bad!
This week I turned 41 years old!
I really think that age is indeed just a number, and that anyone can be “forever young” or “feel old” – and that it’s a choice as to which one of those you feel! Today, when I stopped into my bank to make a deposit, the teller said, “Oh! By the way, Happy Birthday!”
After a second or two of wondering how my birthday information just automatically appeared on her computer screen, I asked her, “Now you get to guess my age without looking at your computer screen!”
She pondered a bit and said, “Hmm… 29?”
“You can look at your screen now!”
She looked back in disbelief but then said, “Good for you! I’m only a year older than you!”
I did come to the bank by bike, and was wearing my bike helmet, so that could account for the bad age-guessing. And speaking of bikes, when I *was* 29, I don’t think I ever would have imagined going car-free and using a bicycle for transportation around town at 30, let alone 40 or 41!
I *will* live to be 100! That’s my goal! Hopefully I’ll be a nice 75-looking guy by then!
May you all stay forever young!
Read MoreMayDay 2010
Last week I was in Minneapolis for the 2010 Mayday Parade. This annual parade is a celebration of life and is put together by In The Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre. With over 50,000 spectators and attendees at the festival in Powderhorn Park, I’d say that MayDay was a huge success!
Enjoy the photos on my Flickr Photo space!
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