Off the Grid in Minneapolis

Reading through my last blog entry, I thought, "What?" I shouldn't be blogging if I can't be thoughtful. Why am I blogging...

Contemplating the fierce weather that is supposed to be approaching, wondering how that will affect sales, wanting on one hand for things to...

Preparing for the last ten days before Halloween. Traffic through the building has been near-relentless. A few things that come to mind, fro...

Yesterday, a curious day, a strange energy. Cool in the morning, not uncomfortably so, not necessarily speaking of the winter to come; yet t...

It is quite astounding how many people come into Monster Halloween to buy toy guns. Almost all of them, Mothers, buying toy M-16's and U...

About five-thousand people came through the door at Monster Halloween - Minnesota, Saturday. Almost all of them looking for make-up, fake bl...

I was riding home late last night, practicing my breathing as I peddled. I rode past a house burning wood in a wood stove , thinking of a d...

Home from work Sunday night at about 8:30, there was a man standing on my sidewalk, with a white pit bull or bull dog. A big man, 6'6...

A dear friend of mine recently asked me to dinner. It turned out, he had a "charge" against me he needed to resolve. He challenged...

Took time off work yesterday to bike down to the Utility Billing center to pay the water bill. Of course, the people behind the counter, par...