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As some of you know, I am helping a friend do some research at the Minnesota History Center. Today, we emerged from the library to find ourselves surrounded by young women wearing crowns…a juxtaposition, yes? The crowns, and activity, was attributable to the The 128th St Paul Winter Carnival.
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/photo-challenge-juxtaposition/
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Yucky! My neighbor, Jim, has a small auto repair business that he runs out of his home garage. He is an amazing guy and, it seems, is always around to rescue me when things go wonky.
Just a few examples:
Last fall I dropped a huge window on my hand after the rope sash broke, crushing two fingers. Jim administered ice and Advil and tolerated my blubbering.
He has, perpetually, put air in the car tires this year as they deflate each time the “polar vortex” dips south.
Today, Jim rescued me after I began a do-it-myself replace the kitchen faucet project. The dang thing, corroded, snapped off in my hand, the day-before-yesterday. I was determined to do this one on my own. After buying the replacement faucet and all I needed (or so I thought) I did my level best to remove the old, rusted out parts.
Good Neighbor! Well, my guardian neighbor may have heard me cursing like a sailor, because he showed up on the scene armed with tools.
We ended up making an event of it. We took a trip to 7 Corners Hardware (a St. Paul institution just sold to a developer- alas) for the things I didn’t know I needed and went out for a sandwich at Acme Deli on St. Clair.
As I write this there is a new faucet; we got lunch, Jim got to sample a few of my peanut butter cookies and I am going to re-frame a poster for him! Bartering and neighboring at its best! (LOVE my neighbor Jim!) -
Helping Halle with the The Remembering with Dignity Project (Christine & Lisa). photo by Halle -
OK…a few words. This is my dear friend Halle (who has put me to work this week :)). She is a Community Organizer currently working for The Remembering with Dignity Project – with Advocating Change Together. This project is marking the numbered or unmarked graves of Minnesota’s state hospital cemeteries where former inmates, Minnesota citizens, were buried with numbered or unmarked graves. The goal is to ensure that each person has their correct information on their new grave-marker. -
Gena (or Genna) was celebrated 1/18 at the UMN- St Paul Student Center– sponsored by the Ethiopian Kids Community. What a wonderful afternoon of food, games, art and dance celebrating Ethiopian culture and traditions! Enjoy!
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Sweetly snoozing…
…beloved Tabby
Dylan(After a resume update and review, job application, knot in stomach…what is possibly left but to photograph the blissful, peaceful Tabby: Dylan.)
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In a certain section of the capital city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (population 3,384,569) live the poorest of the poor. Families are relegated to living among the city’s trash dumps, many begging for a living, to put food on the table. Organizations like The Berhan Yehun Project Ethiopia seek to aid the children of these families through education, medical care, food and school supplies; offering hope for a different future.The Minnesota Connection
Azeb Gebretsadik, a Social Worker at The West Seventh Community Center in St. Paul, MN, left Addis Ababa at 17 with her father and four sisters. They packed their belongings and within a few weeks were on their way to Nairobi, where they lived for 18 months before making the long journey to Minnesota.Azeb knows there are many ways to give back to the people of Ethiopia, in particular the children. One day, she would like to establish a primary and secondary school in her native country. For now, she strives to meet smaller goals through her church Action Group (Ethiopian Evangelical Church in Minnesota) – raising funds for school supplies for children in need– not unlike The Berhan Yehun Project.
If you would like to join Azeb on the first step of her journey to help some kids in one small community within Addis Ababa, visit Azeb’s w
ebpage on Crowd Rise: http://www.crowdrise.com/azebgebretsadik#projectsOnce child reached may light an entire community…and the ripples upon the water are eternal.
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