Madison, Wisconsin in the 1980s was a great place for campus activism, but personal experiences around this activism were often complicated. Meanwhile, in Minneapolis, the Wedge Co-op was a little granola shop helping to start Minnesota’s organic food scene. In 2008, they purchased The Gardens of Eagan (located at that time not in Eagan but Northfield, MN) but then sold it in 2015.
Category Archives: Minnesota
MN Summer 2019

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