TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, November 30th – Sunday, December 6th, 2015

November 29, 2015

Counting the brave faces walking the globe this week makes both the season and the daily walk seem pale. While the wanna-be rulers ask us to peer into their kaleidoscope of logic, the most important things we see and hear are coming from the crystal clear honesty of artists confronting the issues of the day head-on.

TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, November 23rd – Sunday, November 29th, 2015

November 22, 2015

Oh, hear November, we have missed you, and now you are here. Not that we really missed you, but Thanksgiving is coming and we can’t have it without you.

TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, November 16th – Sunday, November 22nd, 2015

November 15, 2015

As the real world continues to creep closer than nostalgic comfort, one might engage in the tendency to hide. We can pretend that the lines drawn on our geographies will keep us safe and sane, but our hearts have always been more porous than walls and fences. We can hide, or we can engage and shake the truths out of the confusion. Art helps.

TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, November 9th – Sunday, November 15th, 2015

November 8, 2015

This is that hard part of autumn for me, when all the baseball is done and the rain has knocked the leaves off the trees, still with their warm-colored hues, but helpless on the ground, maybe to be raked or swept up or maybe to wait for the snow blanket where they will sleep until it is time for baseball again.

IMPRESSIONS Coming to a Train or Bus Near You Saint Paul Almanac on Wheels!

November 3, 2015

Saint Paul Almanac is celebrating its newest publishing initiative, Impressions. Impressions provides yet another outlet for Saint Paul to tell its story in its own authentic voice where writers’ work will be posted on broadsides in the trains and buses of our city.

TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, November 2nd – Sunday, November 8th, 2015

November 1, 2015

Each week, I share some great things to do in this great town. We have some great ways to connect with our neighbors and friends and what it means to be in Saint Paul. They are suggestions. It is great if you can do some of them, but sometimes life is just too busy. But there is one thing I really urge you to do if you live in Saint Paul on Tuesday. VOTE!