Together in the Wilderness
We took the boys for their first paddling trip in the Boundary Waters–and lived to write about it. A travel story in the June 2014 issue of Mpls/St. Paul Magazine.
Dark No More: St Paul’s German Pride Shines Once Again
After a century during which St. Paul’s rich German roots were suppressed — first by prejudice, then by ignorance — Germanic culture is undergoing a renaissance, especially along West Seventh Street, where the Schmidt brewery once again pulses with the heartbeat of the city.
The Promise of The Green Line: A Family History
It’s hard to exaggerate how important University Avenue is to St. Paul, even if it has been by-passed by the multitudes driving in the blind trench of Interstate 94… University Avenue — the Central Corridor — is the artery, carrying not just cars, but life.
Unsentimental Education
Tiananmen Square wasn’t the touch point I was hoping for as an ESL tutor, but it was the start of long, maddening, and educational conversation with my most unsentimental tutee.
Native American Warrior Died Serving TWO Nations
They carried Pfc. Sheldon Hawk Eagle to the heart of all that is and laid him to rest Tuesday after a 24-hour outpouring of grief and pride that sent a message from the Lakota Nation to the nation at large.
Hawk Eagle, a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division, died in Iraq on Nov. 15 when two Army helicopters crashed. His homecoming to Eagle Butte and the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation was the occasion for an extraordinary display of a community’s sense of loss and a traditional sense of honor.
Astonish Me
Ballet may be infamous for its bodily punishments, but in “Astonish Me,” author Maggie Shipstead finds even better material in the psychic costs of an art form fueled by creative rivalries and the relentless pursuit of the fleeting.