Recollection of a recollection

Notebook Recollections This column was previously run in the community reporter of December 2009 This January, as you read this column, Mr. Positive is oozing…
Piano Lessons , part one

Notebook Recollections 10-20-16 Our clinic had an outside piano. Three actually, Minnesota weather being what it is. Number one was a 1926 Raudenbush upright player…
The greatest West 7th bicycle ride in the history of the world

Notebook Recollections Sunday, October 5, 2010. 75°, mid-morning. Blue, blue sky. And Bruce Peterson needed Mississippi Market produce. It was a nice day for a…
“Red” Heroff was West 7th all the way

As sure as the fall leaves turn in West 7th, St. Stan’s fall festival unfolds every year on church grounds. Good fellowship, bouncing kids, second-hand…
A piece of Ancker Hospital

Ancker Hospital was St. Paul‘s “City Hospital.” Started in 1874 in the donated mansion of Dr. Jacob B. Stewart (Civil War hero, Stewart Avenue). It was…
Notebook Recollections: The Walk

Local icon Tim Rumsey walked to work most days from 1987 to 2000. He began as a form of exercise but kept at it for his…
Notebook Recollections: This Walk

Local icon Tim Rumsey walked to work most days from 1987 to 2000. He began as a form of exercise but kept at it for his love…
Notebook Recollections: A Little About Me

Local icon Tim Rumsey walked to work most days from 1987 to 2000. He began as a form of exercise but kept at it for his…
Notebook Recollections: Mr. Positive

Local icon Tim Rumsey walked to work most days from 1987 to 2000. He began as a form of exercise but kept at it for his…