Richard Parnell, of Minneapolis, Rehab Tech at Courage Center on wheelchair distribution with the Mobility Project in Afghanistan, April 1-24, 2005. Bibi Mauro Hill in Kabul, Hindu Kush Mountains on right. With Saleem, from Qale Fatalah neighborhood. Author(s) and Location: Richard Parnell
LETTER OF THE MONTH When the significant other tossed the carefully torn Rake page with the pickle recipe [Down the Hatch, July], my hair was on fire, and only pickle juice could put it out. We’d already been to the farmers’ market to capture the things we needed to make the lovelies … I didn’t … Read more
ODDYSSEUS OF THE AIRWAVES I can’t decide which grabbed me the most, Jennifer Vogel’s perceptive style or T.D. Mischke’s peripatetic journey—both the literal aimless search and his dedicated exploration of life’s nuances at the “cutting edge” [“Old-Fashioned Cutting-Edge Radio,” July]. The daunting journey of Vogel through the maze of Tommy’s cortex seemed at times bound … Read more
Your commentary on the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s planned “adjustment of Highway 1” [The Rakish Angle, August] brought to mind an oft-repeated and varyingly attributed proverb. To wit, God writes straight with curved lines. Stuart Klipper Minneapolis
I would like to correct a statement attributed to me in the round-table discussion of the Musicapolis photography exhibit [“Music City!” August]. In response to a question about whether we thought of ourselves as artists, I was quoted as saying that I didn’t think that a photographer doing commercial work was an artist and, while I can’t recall the exact words … Read more
I was so stoked to get The Rake in my mailbox today and I had to use severe discipline to not actually dive into it while I was supposed to be working. My indelible Minnesota work ethic accompanied me to California. So I waited until I finished my day and took my walk, cooked myself … Read more
Kim Klisch sends us this pic—The Rake being read on a bike trail in Lanesboro, Minnesota, where the Klisch sisters gathered for a reunion from July 17 to July 22. Fifteen people attended the reunion, including the six Klisch sisters, two sisters-in-law, grandma, and half a dozen daughters. The women have been meeting in different … Read more
Nora Wilson and her mother Tracy take a break from giving birth (and being born) to read a first bedtime story. Author(s) and Location: Tracy and Nora Wilson
Nick writes: This is my beautiful wife Shelley on our honemoon in Playa Del Carmen, in Mexico. She loves the Rake and not just for the articles. Keep up the great work. Author(s) and Location: Nick Reetz
Enjoying the most recent issue of the Rake at Cabo De Roca in Portugal, the western most point of continental Europe. “where the land ends and the sea begins” (and people read the Rake). Author(s) and Location: Mark and Deb Skoine