Category Archives: Minnesota

MN Summer 2019

July 26, 2019History, Minnesota, Nature, Sundry ScansPaul Mason Fotsch

When I told people I was visiting Minnesota this summer they often asked what the weather was like there Continue reading MN Summer 2019 →

Durenberger

July 23, 2019History, Minnesota, podcasts, PoliticsPaul Mason Fotsch

David Durenberger served as Minnesota Senator from 1978 to 1995. He fell in the moderate middle of the Minnesota Republican Party,

Rekha’s First Message

June 9, 2019Chicago, Minnesota, podcastsPaul Mason Fotsch

This week we here a message from my friend Rekha, and I recount an incident driving through Wisconsin that required us to take the bus from Osseo. At the time, Greyhound still had a bus stop in Osseo. This stop, along with hundreds of others, was closed in 2004.

Librarian

March 24, 2019History, Minnesota, podcasts, PoliticsPaul Mason Fotsch

This week I reflect on going to St. Paul’s Longfellow Elementary School in the 1970s. Continue reading Librarian →

Joel’s First Message

February 17, 2019Chicago, Minnesota, Music, podcastsPaul Mason Fotsch

This week’s message leads me to recall the great south Chicago institution AACM: The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, and the 1987 world series victory of the Minnesota Twins.