It was a small, dried-out thing, but I knew it had potential. It took a lot of water, a lot of plant food, and some patience, but it paid off. My porch is one of my favorite places.
Everyone is Welcome Here Except
Seen in the window of a few stores in the area.
No one knows how long we will be under ICE occupation.
ICE Out Protest Day
Many businesses are closed today as part of a protest against ICE. Stay home if you can.
Life under ICE occupation
I haven’t been posting, but I want to speak out against the ICE invasion in Minnesota. We don’t know how long the masked and heavily armed federal agents will be here terrorizing our community. The Department of Homeland Security states that it is arresting the worst of the worst in an effort to keep us safe. At the same time, crime rates here in St. Paul have been trending down for years.
We don’t know who they are arresting. They don’t have to prove that they have arrested and deported “the worst of the worst”. We see the damage done by tear gas inside a car. US citizens have been shot. Some have been detained and questioned because they have accents or brown skin. Renee Good was murdered while trying to get away from ICE.
The Murder of Renee Good looks like a hate crime. She wasn’t afraid of the ICE agent. She even smiled at him, which sent him into such a rage that he shot her 4 times. After he shot her dead, he called her a “fing Bxxx”.
It was safe here until ICE arrived.
I stand with my immigrant neighbors. I especially stand with the Somali women and children. Many are afraid to go to work or school, or even to the grocery store. Most are law-abiding US citizens.
There are many business owners, large and small,l who will not comment on anything “political” for fear they will lose business. I am not one of those business owners. Some people are “staying out of it”. Much like the Germans, who saw the smoke and ash but had no idea what was going on. They helped make the murder of millions of Jews possible. The silence from the leaders of large businesses in the area is deafening.
Businesses are closing. Our economy is suffering. We don’t know how long the occupation of Minnesota by the Federal government will last. It could be hours or years.
ICE should get the F##k out of Minnesota!
The worlds largest puck
It is Friday, and Fridays are for fun. It seems that downtown Saint Paul now has a special tourist attraction. The world’s largest hockey puck.
The puck would scare the bravest goalie.
The building behind the puck is the best that downtown has to offer, an amazing public library. I visit often during the warmer months when I can walk or bike to the library rather than driving and spending half an hour looking for a place to park a few blocks away. The parking meters that surround the building are usually hooded and can not be used. The puck doesn’t take up a parking space, but the whole street is closed because of it.
They would never close the street in front of the Saint Paul hotel or the street in front of the Ordway or 6th street because of the buses and the Landmark Center. Last summer, walking or biking was the only way to get to the library due to all of the road work and closed streets. The librarians looked sad and bored.
I love the central library and wish that the city would make it more accessible.