One hundred and three years ago today, a boy-child was born in Pretare, Italy. A village in the Apennine Mountains on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Anthony Caponi grew to be a giant in the art world. In his lifetime, Tony created hundreds, maybe thousands of sculptures, many of them from rocks. He also […]
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Comments Off on August 30, 2024 In case you missed me, I was at “the cabin” last week. In 1981, my younger brother Brian and his wife Jean Marie purchased a lot on a lake up north. It was “Lot 1” of the development and the first lot that was sold. The lake is a small “natural environmental” lake with Rainbow […]
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Comments Off on August 23, 2024 It is a perfect 10 today. Sweater weather in August, thanks to the cool air from our neighbor to the north, Canada. I am a recovering entrepreneur. I couldn’t work for the man, I had to be the man. Every one of my attempts failed. Early in my career, I read an article in an […]
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Comments Off on August 9, 2024 In January of 1971, I attended a Coon Rapids City Council meeting to complain about the snowmobiles that were running up and down the streets in my neighborhood. I was not impressed with my representation at the meeting, so that fall I decided to run for the Third Ward Council seat. I had met a […]
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