West 7th/Fort Road Federation February 2025

Winter Walk & Talk, Feb 22: Kick off with a community walk (just under 1 mile), then gather over coffee and a FREE breakfast at…
Highland District Council February 2025

Calling all home improvement businesses The Home Improvement Workshop Day returns on Saturday, March 8, 2025 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Cretin-Derham Hall.…
Celebrate Black History Month: African Americans and Labor with St. Paul Public Library

This February, St. Paul Public Library invites the community to honor Black History Month with a signature event, “Doc-N-Dine & Discuss Family Affair,” on Thursday,…
Setting My 2025 Reading Goals

As 2024 draws to a close, I am reflecting on unrealistic expectations and my attempts to address them. For as long as I can remember…
Plastic In Land and Air

In part six of her series on plastics, Julie Borgerding July talks about the prevalence of plastics in everything we touch, from in our homes…
A 1950s Gentleman-Type Doctor Exchange

I asked real estate sale guru-friend Steve Sprafka if he had any famous clients or notable sales recently. “Eric Clapton bought two 1969 Fender twin…
Winter’s Gifts

Building Community The snow blower is ready to go. It is possible; of course, we will have another poor excuse for a winter, like last…
How plastics affect water

In part five of her series on plastics, Julie Borgerding July talks about the long- and short-term effects of plastic on our water systems. Clean…
Creating A Picture of Hope

Building Community The mural on the wall was a fair representation of what the young people who accompanied me to St. Louis observed in the…