rakemag Bruce writes: The attached picture was taken at Havre, Montana on Wednesday Oct 12, 2005. I am standing next to Great Northern locomotive 2584. This 382 ton locomotive fascinates passengers on Amtrak’s Empire Builder. Built in 1930 to pull the Empire Builder and other Great Northern passenger trains, 2584 was placed on display next to … Read more
Alan writes: Here is a picture from the Royal Palace in Visegrad, Hungary. King Corvinus made this palace his summer home and it is said the red marble fountains in the palace flowed with wine. We are sitting on a wall overlooking the Danube. Author(s) and Location: Alan and Sandy Flom
The Rake in Tokyo Bay, Tokyo, Japan. Author(s) and Location: Andrew Hine, St. Paul
Christine writes: This photograph was taken in Ulan Bataar, Mongolia while doing medical work there in October 2005 with forheartsandsouls.org. Christine Larson RN of Stillwater was part of a team of 21 doctors and nurses who went to Mongolia to screen children for heart defects. The team also taught surgical repair of minor heart defects … Read more
Dave writes: We took this while in Glacier Bay, Alaska a couple weeks back. PS- I really enjoyed Musicapolis (6/05). I am 44 and grew up watching and listening to many local and regional bands. Thanks, Dave Author(s) and Location: David and Kelli Muller, Minnetonka
Cindy Jindra writes: Much to the delight of our Overseas Adventure Travel companions, we brought along our Rake as we enjoyed a two-week trip on the back roads of Costa Rica. This issue was passed around until it fell apart. Of course, the volcanic mud bath really took a toll on the condition of this … Read more
Molly Ivins is my favorite columnist. She doesn’t pull any punches and is harder on the Dems’ incompetence than she is on the Republicans’ treachery. Anyway, here’s today’s entry, which was reprinted in the Strib. Sort of like what I said yesterday about Ford Bell. She talks about leadership. Dems get a clue.
A Ford worth driving We supported Patty Wetterling for Senate. It wasn’t hard. She’s a good person who wanted to be Senator for what she could do, not what she could be. But, for whatever reason–and many think she was pushed out by the national Democrats so they could clear the field for Amy Klobuchar … Read more
Does all this travel make me look fat cat? After slagging the Strib the other day, now I’ve got to be fair and give due praise for a front page story today on Norm Coleman’s travel habits. (However,for some reason, it’s not on the front page of the Strib web site as I’m writing this, … Read more
Be sure to catch me at the Coon Rapids Home Center next week I couldn’t really decide how to start this entry. I thought of, “If I were the editor of the Star Tribune…”, but that’s too scary even to contemplate. I thought of “I wish they had an editor at the Strib instead of … Read more