Archive for the 'St. Paul' Category
Let’s Go Way Out West (Part 2)
• June 12, 2021 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1993, screenwriting, St. Paul, Travel
Tags: aviary, Canyon Road, Children's Theater Company, Colin, Diana Seyb, El Farol, fuzzbuster, Houston, Jackalope, Larry's Room, Las Vegas NM, Los Angeles, New Mexico, Play "Balloons", Pulcini's, Rudyard Kipling, Santa Fe, Spanish white wine, tapas, Tarot, Therese
Interstices
• December 31, 2020 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1971, 1980, 1982, 1992, 1993, 2020, Maryland, St. Paul, Writing
Tags: A.A. Milne, Available Light Creative, Bob Ozasky, claw-footed bathtub, Coen Brothers, Covid-19, Diana Seyb, Eeyore, Fargo, Hill Street Blues, Houston, indpendent bookstore, journal writing, Larson Printing, Little Big League, Mark Frost, Merriam Park, Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, Pierce Street, R.C. Dicks, Shakespearean actor, Terry Ward, The Hungry Mind, The Wandering Moon, Twin Peaks, West Hollywood
Future Games
• October 29, 2020 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1993, 2010, 2013, 2020, St. Paul, Writing
Tags: adulting, AOL, Apple Macintosh IIsi, autumn, baby books, climate change, Covid-19, curiosity, Earthlink, economic disparities, Fleetwood Mac, global pandemic, information superhighway, library, lilacs, Merriam Park, Mr. Cautious, nuclear war, persistence of memory, Pierce Street, racial injustice, Reagan, romance, stargazing, Susan Orlean, transistor radio
Nostalgia Is Death
• July 29, 2020 • 1 CommentPosted in 1991, 1993, 2020, Family, Hopkins, Loneliness, Music, Religion, Social isolation, St. Paul
Tags: 108 Pierce Street, aging, Bob Dylan, Cathedral Hill, concerts, Covid-19, cruising, diaries, drive-ins, Easter, Evil Lizard King, fountain pen, Grammy awards, high school football, journals, Lone Star Grill, Los Angeles Times, Masters of War, Merriam Park, nostalgia, Oliver Stone, Persian Gulf War, rabbit hole, Robert Hilburn, Rough and Rowdy Ways, soda fountains, supper clubs, The Doors, Walt Whitman, William Allingham
Talkin’ South Texas No Mariachi Tropical Depression Blues
• April 3, 2020 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1993, Mound, St. Paul, Travel, Writing
Tags: Aunt Joyce, Ben Simon, Bill Clinton, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Brookdale Proex, Cable Access St. Paul, Cheers, Colin, Corpus Christi, Corpus Crispy, Cousin Jason, Daniel, Daytimer Journal, Docksides, Ellen Terry, Galtier Plaza, Jessica, Joe Alaniz, John Connally, Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues, LBJ, Los Campeones de Raul Ruiz, Lou Sitter, Memorial Day, menudo, Midwest Creole, Molly Ivins, Monsignor Michael Heras, NRBQ, Poltergeist III, Sheraton, Starlite Dance, Steve Ferguson, The Three Stooges, Uncle Gordon, Whataburger, Yvonne
Julie’s House
• February 6, 2020 • 1 CommentPosted in 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 2020, Depression, Family, Hopkins, Loneliness, Social isolation, St. Paul
Tags: 45th wedding anniversary, Anthony Minghella, apartments, brownstones, dysthymia, home, houses, Julie's House, Leo Kottke, National Register of Historic Places, object lesson, renting, roommates, self-preservation, solo living
Living in the Past
• January 17, 2020 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1993, 2020, Depression, Hopkins, Kentucky, Lake Minnetonka, St. Paul, Writing
Tags: behavior, blogs, BSI project, Cathedral Hill, Corpus Christi, CTS, Daytimer Journal, diaries, drafts, drive-in movies, editorial slate, Ellen Terry screenplay, family meals, flea markets, Hopkins, Jason, Jethro Tull, journals, Kentucky Derby, Merriam Park, Minnetonka, radio, renting, summer vacation, Terry, Texas, TV
A Run for the Roses (Part 1)
• November 15, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1993, Indiana, Indianapolis, Iowa, Kentucky, St. Paul, Travel
Tags: 12-ounce Coors beer, AM radio, Arrested Development, Bardstown Road, Borderlines, Bud Morris, Cherokee Park, Churchill Downs, Cricketeer jacket, Eastern Parkway, Ellen Morris, Essen Haus, Gordon Lightfoot, Grandpa Adams, Grandpa Maupin, Highway 61, Huey Piano Smith, instant coffee, John Goodman, Johnny Rivers, Joshua, Kelligan's Cafe, Kentucky Derby, La Crosse, Louisville, Lynn Birkett, Madison, Marcy, Midwest Creole, Mint Juleps, Mitsubishi “Mighty Max” pickup truck, Mr. Wendal, New York, NRBQ, Peachtree Street, Statue of Liberty, Steve Ferguson, Tennessee, the road, Tony Curtis, wanderlust, wedding
Strongest of the Strange
• November 8, 2019 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1967, 1993, 2019, creativity, Depression, Family, St. Paul, Travel
Tags: Charles Bukowski, Christmas morning, Clinton era, Colin, Ellen Terry screenplay, Eric Wulfsberg, John Gottschalk, New Morality, poetry, Thérèse Williams
Retirements, Layoffs, Sabbaticals & Skid Row
• September 25, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1993, 2012, 2019, Dad, Florida, Mound, St. Paul
Tags: Ben Simon, Bethel Methodist, Brian, Brian's layoff, Cable Access St. Paul, Cathedral Hill, Central Parking, Dad's retirement, Docksides, Duluth, Dunn Brothers, farmhouse fire, financial security, Forest Lake Inn, Four Eyes Design, Grand Rapids, Hopkins, journal writing, Lake Calhoun, Lakewood Community College, nightmare mansion, Pat Ciernia, retirement party, sabbaticals, Skid Row, Summit Avenue, Texas, The Wandering Moon, Theron Hollingsworth, University of Minnesota, Uptown Minneapolis
Completely in the Dark 