Author: The Rake
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Deb Heisick
Author(s) and Location: Deb Heisick
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Mexico
Last spring, Michael and Cathy Deering of Eden Prairie fled for Barra de Navidad, a country beach town along the Costa Allegre (“Happy Coast”) of western Mexico. There they riffed on the theme of our March issue by engaging in a whole other sort of body count. Author(s) and Location: Michael and Cathy Deering
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Correction
A note from the publisher: Due to a breakdown in our crack fact-checking department (which was caused, if you must know, by a complete failure on our part to acknowledge the distraction caused by the failing infrastructure of the American road system, the war on terror, and the recent Twins losses to the Cleveland Indians),…
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Eric Peltoniemi’s Playlist
Red House Records is a tiny label headquartered in a modest office in the St. Paul Midway, yet one that is internationally celebrated among roots-music devotees. Founder Bob Feldman spent more than twenty years signing a roster of folk musicians like Greg Brown, Peter Ostroushko, and Ann Reed. But when Feldman died unexpectedly last year,…
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Has Anyone Seen My Nukes?
The Military Times is reporting that 6 Nuclear warheads were accidentally flown from North Dakota to Louisiana on August 30. The best part of the story is that no one noticed the warheads were missing until the flight landed. D’oh.
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Calcutta, India
Reading The Rake in a hand-pulled rickshaw is not recommended for a weak stomach. Tim Leone-Getten and Leslie Olmen visited Calcutta, India with other area teachers on a South Asia teacher exchange program with Hamline University and Relief International. Author(s) and Location: Leslie Olmen