http://www.stunninginsilver.com/gallery daily 0.75 2014-08-19 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/t/53f3b860e4b099fe38973e8a/1408481376625/ Work http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal daily 1.0 2026-03-26 http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2026/3/25/is-it-adhdor monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/be28102f-a7e0-4286-bbcd-048dbfdb1289/IMG_0246.jpeg Story Matters - Is it ADHD...or... - Make it stand out ….even Hank and Herbie can’t decide what to do next… http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2026/2/12/building-and-nurturing-resilience monthly 0.5 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/e21e7557-10a7-4955-8337-aca961364f8c/628146279_10235162427336339_8636704952972559663_n.jpg Story Matters - Building and Nurturing Resilience - Make it stand out This is a picture of my friend Carmela standing on the frozen Lake of the Isles during last weekend’s luminary loppet event, the lights of downtown Minneapolis in the distance. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2026/1/18/minnesota-resolve monthly 0.5 2026-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/85afc5bb-d39a-4eee-a5e7-12955331b4c9/Screenshot+2026-01-18+at+11.43.32%E2%80%AFAM.png Story Matters - Minnesota Resolve - Make it stand out Scenes from the annual Art Sled Rally in Powderhorn Park this week…flourishing creativity in Minneapolis. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2026/1/8/minneapolis-under-siege monthly 0.5 2026-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/333ace3a-cc71-49ae-869f-758541663bf9/Screenshot+2026-01-08+at+5.34.55%E2%80%AFPM.png Story Matters - Minneapolis Under Siege - Make it stand out Image from this morning’s MN Star Tribune… http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2025/12/9/grief-and-gratitude monthly 0.5 2025-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/8ffd50da-b3b8-40ca-8588-194003f03259/Carol.png Story Matters - Grief and Gratitude - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2025/10/22/always-remember monthly 0.5 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/95297850-c0c6-4a9e-925e-e3bf535f2311/Koppels+in+Sopron.jpg Story Matters - Always Remember... - Make it stand out Our Koppel Family Heritage Tour in Sopron, Hungary in 2009 with our recently departed Aunt Vera in sun glasses behind the Koppel monument…standing next to our other Aunt Vera in hat and white t-shirt. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2025/9/28/becoming-an-ancestor monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/d2e4f354-19e7-4fcf-8ecb-423c416a65b6/IMG_1039.png Story Matters - Becoming An Ancestor... - Make it stand out Photo of my ancestors - Grandfather Alleshouse in upper left of last row, next to Great Uncle Sam Schauweker, and my Great Grandmother Lucinda. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2025/8/29/again monthly 0.5 2025-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/86bd911c-ba41-46ba-a4ed-3634d2f52200/540888992_25075789642022930_2464726002404220181_n.jpg Story Matters - Again... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2025/8/7/a-fartshumper-summer monthly 0.5 2025-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/9172f528-0eea-477f-aa04-852c7e958990/istockphoto-1972647454-612x612.jpg Story Matters - A Fartshumper Summer - Make it stand out What summer in Minneapolis has looked like… http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2025/7/14/marking-a-threshold monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/e59288d3-68c9-40f7-85d5-29808dbcc9ab/party.jpg Story Matters - Marking a Threshold - Make it stand out …not today’s weather, just thinking ahead! http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2025/6/22/we-struggle-for-hope monthly 0.5 2025-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/833343fb-fc10-4e24-9f0d-70c5d895323e/IMG_0886.jpeg Story Matters - We Struggle for Hope - Make it stand out Early June 14th - preparing to celebrate our Big Beautiful Multicultural Democracy… http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2025/5/31/swains-send-off monthly 0.5 2025-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/903bd53a-74a6-44d6-93d7-af9b09bf795d/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+10.09.49%E2%80%AFPM.png Story Matters - Swain's Send Off - Make it stand out Cover of Tom Swain’s auto/biography written with friend Lori Sturdevant - a powerful read. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2025/5/10/the-serendipity-of-friends monthly 0.5 2025-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/07ca14c0-7835-479b-89a0-ec732d53031a/IMG_0810.jpeg Story Matters - The Serendipity of Friends - Make it stand out The Linden Hills neighborhood kids all grown up (with one grandkid added) - the Koppel kids, one Liddy kid, and the Cooney kids back on the block. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2025/4/23/thoughts-over-matzo-balls monthly 0.5 2025-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/d74db8a9-8c62-4b3c-ab04-cd35f33bded9/ai-generated-8374795_1280.jpg Story Matters - Thoughts Over Matzo Balls - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2025/3/28/choosing-joy monthly 0.5 2025-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/8811ec25-a7b7-4cd1-96b3-c2695ccceaa3/Smiling+Curly.jpg Story Matters - Choosing Joy - Make it stand out Curly the Cat. Photo courtesy of Tim Schacker. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2025/3/22/an-unexpected-pause monthly 0.5 2025-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/16fec2cb-158d-44bb-b42b-aa04f89ef326/485719730_10060055860689554_1087143765302830870_n.jpg Story Matters - An Unexpected Pause - Make it stand out Photo by Steven Mosborg, Mpls http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2025/2/27/feisty-women monthly 0.5 2025-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/36d77357-b293-47fe-a524-d4a2a9dfa90b/Mom%27s+Typewriter.jpeg Story Matters - Feisty Women - Make it stand out My mom’s trusty typewriter got a lot of use - albeit a tad dusty now. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2025/2/11/fairness-amp-civility monthly 0.5 2025-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/8cb10df1-07b4-4e50-aca4-a6e82f9fc8a7/WRC-TV.jpg Story Matters - Fairness & Civility - Make it stand out Front entrance of WRC-TV http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2025/1/29/treasures-amongst-the-boxes monthly 0.5 2025-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/ecef9d26-1dd8-4b60-a7d3-50b0534d2279/Mom%26Dad.jpeg Story Matters - Treasures Amongst The Boxes - Make it stand out Leaving Deshler for their honeymoon in July, 1950. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2025/1/20/and-the-games-begin monthly 0.5 2025-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/337298c8-cb61-4996-86e5-6d779daec0c4/Screenshot+2025-01-19+at+9.03.22%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg Story Matters - And the Games Begin... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/a063b95d-c600-4984-a170-c16305baea2c/Screenshot+2025-01-19+at+1.43.56%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Story Matters - And the Games Begin... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2025/1/13/grieving-la monthly 0.5 2025-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/ac1523d3-e244-42fd-8b4a-0591139abddb/Screenshot+2025-01-13+at+1.10.46%E2%80%AFPM.png Story Matters - Grieving LA... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2024/12/31/thats-a-wrap monthly 0.5 2025-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/7174fda6-f8f9-46a7-94fd-214affefc8a3/Screenshot+2024-12-31+at+5.59.07%E2%80%AFPM.png Story Matters - That's a Wrap... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2024/12/18/one-more-time monthly 0.5 2024-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/80d1532b-f780-4e7f-9c9c-0244bfb20377/pexels-olly-3769151.jpg Story Matters - One more time... - Make it stand out Photo by Andrea Piacquadio http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2024/11/24/gratitude-regardless monthly 0.5 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/9f48431a-d18f-490b-8656-fc8d57c67875/Screenshot+2024-11-24+at+10.00.15%E2%80%AFPM.png Story Matters - Gratitude Regardless - Make it stand out Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Picture was called The Freedom From Want - taken from Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union address where he discussed the four freedoms offered by our democratic system of government. “The third is freedom from want—which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants—everywhere in the world.” http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2024/11/6/chicken-soup monthly 0.5 2024-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/2157faad-5144-4dfd-bf03-942174ee4d78/Screenshot+2024-11-06+at+9.25.05%E2%80%AFAM.png Story Matters - Chicken Soup - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2024/10/10/days-of-awe monthly 0.5 2024-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/717e42f2-85ac-469c-a006-7d53135e09f4/_MG_1794.jpeg Story Matters - Days of Awe - Make it stand out The flight of time, captured by Avi Nahum. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2024/9/24/my-friend-sheree monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/51f35014-1244-45b1-985f-f288df91135a/10010420_10104587103195360_6912917735575227466_o.jpg Story Matters - My Friend Sheree - Make it stand out Sheree Cooney helping me prep for a garage sale a decade ago. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2024/9/21/unpacking-fifty-plus-years monthly 0.5 2024-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/41298a65-4bc6-416b-a231-00475087cce7/Screenshot+2024-09-21+at+12.27.23%E2%80%AFPM.png Story Matters - Unpacking Fifty Plus Years - Make it stand out Thanks to Doug Wolfe for this photo - and the much-needed name tags. We’re minus two who gabbed too long to get here for the Golden Hour shot… http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2024/8/4/collapsing-time monthly 0.5 2024-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/ef0cf30a-9653-4abc-b45d-8bd867f4c9d9/123343.jpg Story Matters - Collapsing Time - Make it stand out I’ve known these two for more than six decades - and they haven’t changed a bit! http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2024/6/19/serendipity monthly 0.5 2024-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/c1ec7f0e-83f6-4ff1-aeaa-bc7afcd59043/Screenshot+2024-06-19+at+5.33.05%E2%80%AFPM.png Story Matters - Serendipity - Make it stand out Expanding our family - and only one of us wasn’t quite ready… http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2024/5/27/home-again-home-again-jiggity-jig monthly 0.5 2024-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/f83b00c5-8555-4e3e-b10e-e640560b712a/IMG_0129.jpg Story Matters - Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig - Make it stand out Leaves all came out while I was away… http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2024/5/8/home-stretch-lessons monthly 0.5 2024-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/19ce2370-c230-4ff3-85a3-b72d23ad7812/IMG_0273.jpg Story Matters - Home Stretch Lessons http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2024/5/2/respite monthly 0.5 2024-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/2fb074fc-dc08-4b66-b3e1-9178297f58bc/IMG_0506.jpg Story Matters - Respite http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2024/4/27/progress-the-home monthly 0.5 2024-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/526e3702-3a73-43c9-ae28-ad50cbc0978f/IMG_0267.jpg Story Matters - Progress @ The Home http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2024/4/18/life-in-the-home monthly 0.5 2024-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/c4ce20a1-bf47-4683-a542-11b8c9b4d051/IMG_0265.jpg Story Matters - Life in The Home http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2024/4/14/dignity-deferred monthly 0.5 2024-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/929be244-65b1-4099-9514-a87fd505adf0/IMG_0264.jpg Story Matters - Dignity Deferred http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2024/3/30/time-for-a-redux-and-a-change monthly 0.5 2024-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/73ff7943-256e-4432-842e-5d95d027c4e1/divorced-262392_1280.jpg Story Matters - Time for A Redux and A Change! - Make it stand out My year so far… http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2023/12/30/a-none-too-soon-goodbye-to-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/297428ab-3b31-4d67-a1e5-6d1a6bb91953/jarco-penning-Jxs1AjWllok-unsplash.jpg Story Matters - A None-Too-Soon Goodbye to 2023 - Make it stand out Expecting the unexpected in the road ahead… Photo by Jarco Penning on Unsplash http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2023/12/21/a-time-of-quiet-reflection monthly 0.5 2023-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/a1d6a43c-a0ad-4426-b34a-b7759fed5973/Screenshot+2023-12-21+at+6.35.54%E2%80%AFPM.png Story Matters - A Time of Quiet Reflection - Make it stand out An Alleshouse family picnic, with Dad on the left, Grandpa Alleshouse on the right, and Uncle Paul between Aunts Marge and Ruth on Townview Circle in the early 1960s. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2023/10/13/wailing monthly 0.5 2023-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/720a0d79-33f1-49a0-9ab9-a327d27a5db5/pexels-alice-castro-1906932+%281%29.jpg Story Matters - Wailing - Make it stand out Photo by Alice Castro. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2023/9/24/that-year-that-went monthly 0.5 2023-09-24 http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2022/12/12/my-bonus-aunt-verla monthly 0.5 2022-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/faa32bf5-081b-4386-a17c-8800e75f5c3f/540x720-10871725.jpg Story Matters - My Bonus Aunt Verla - Make it stand out My bonus family - Judy, Dennis, Aunt Verla, and Dwain. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2022/12/8/ahead-of-the-pack monthly 0.5 2022-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/6a81085c-a194-4cd9-851b-f1fcfe93da7f/eva-blue-e9hbo4NtKJ0-unsplash.jpg Story Matters - Ahead of the Pack - Make it stand out A wolf pack in the wild, with a shout out to the talented Eva Blue. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2022/11/27/folds-of-time monthly 0.5 2022-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/ababbeac-ae49-4029-a1e0-05470140505d/IMG_0083.jpg Story Matters - Folds of Time - Make it stand out Generations over the years… http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2022/11/10/goodbye-to-a-woman-of-style monthly 0.5 2022-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/49ab993c-3b52-49e2-be94-68cd177ed0a6/IMG_0040.jpg Story Matters - Goodbye to a Woman of Style - Make it stand out My mother in the middle with beautiful Aunt Elva to the right, and their friend Juanita - styling the latest early ‘50s style. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2022/10/31/seasons-of-transition monthly 0.5 2022-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/54936926-038d-4fc9-b039-ea6c52342b6e/IMG_4447.jpg Story Matters - Seasons of Transition - Make it stand out Fall brilliance of our favorite tree… http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2022/7/30/the-year-of-loss monthly 0.5 2022-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/b1ef4370-763d-42ac-a839-f8408ed2e862/cvr-1-1.jpg Story Matters - The Year of Loss - Make it stand out Stacy Kimmel in her princess crown. When she was too ill to take her place in the 2020 Rose Parade, her community in Pasadena held a special parade 9 days later just for her. (Outlook Pasadena photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/408b0a85-c215-4104-9323-79f1eae67c29/Megan+6.jpg Story Matters - The Year of Loss - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1a547f5e-26fb-4a3b-9425-0dad6efa4a5e/Screen+Shot+2022-07-30+at+9.20.27+PM.png Story Matters - The Year of Loss - Make it stand out Aunt Marge on the lawn with her mother-in-law, my grandmother - in the early 1950s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/a27d0d81-71fa-4076-9c69-dcffd35be64f/imrs.jpg Story Matters - The Year of Loss - Make it stand out Aunt Mimi in 2007 before she left New York. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2022/6/26/waking-up-from-the-big-fatigue monthly 0.5 2022-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/86b6cba1-a5a8-4799-b946-e8b44b8cbf7e/istockphoto-1269680894-170667a.jpg Story Matters - Waking Up from The Big Fatigue - Make it stand out Time to Wake Up, Focus, Get to Work - and Be Kind! http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2022/3/9/seeking-energy monthly 0.5 2022-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/3120ad1c-fe07-4f64-a317-6f746535d5bb/images.jpg Story Matters - Seeking Energy - Make it stand out Energy in hand… http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2022/2/27/when-words-matter monthly 0.5 2022-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/3e63424b-d32d-4969-a43c-a7cb6f37c5e0/SEI_90311113-640x360-1-640x400.jpg Story Matters - When Words Matter - Make it stand out Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky standing his ground in Kyiv. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2021/12/27/holidays-for-all-of-us monthly 0.5 2021-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/9a7bf970-9300-4e29-8936-7913fae0a180/IMG_4484.jpg Story Matters - Holidays For All of Us - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2021/12/4/achieving-66-1 monthly 0.5 2021-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1432785153880-23PYXRAOGYEAJKG85Q2U/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - Achieving 66 - Make it stand out Although this is not an image of me and friends, it is an image of how I plan to age - with lots of color! http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2021/11/24/gratitude-for-memories monthly 0.5 2021-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/6821f4fc-c4c3-4c20-8e99-427a22b83c0a/TG+%40+GPs.jpeg Story Matters - Gratitude for Memories - Make it stand out A Thanksgiving at Grandpa’s Farm with Aunt Ruth, my mom, Cousin Dick, Grandpa, Cousins Bill, Susie, Bruce, my brother Tom, and me - Dad taking the photo as usual. (Don’t you love my mom’s glasses?) http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2021/10/31/our-ghost-kitty monthly 0.5 2021-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1635706323902-1TXAM9Y6AJU4QLWJYT1A/david-dibert-Na0BbqKbfAo-unsplash.jpg Story Matters - Our Ghost, Kitty - Make it stand out A story for Halloween, 2021 - Photo by David Dibert on Unsplash http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2021/10/24/testing-testing-1-2-3 monthly 0.5 2021-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1635102842392-X0G8LDT4WVYKV0I891T7/241876852_10225683069486213_8017601192442940774_n.jpg Story Matters - Testing, Testing 1-2-3 - Make it stand out My six-week view - with nail polish graphically added by friend Marty Harris…. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2021/5/8/time-in-these-times monthly 0.5 2021-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1620525383248-QVMH79BCNCY3A0RO45W1/prague_astronomical_clock_detail_193321.jpg Story Matters - Time in These Times The Astronomical Clock in Prague captures my current sense of time… http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2021/1/18/words-matter monthly 0.5 2021-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1611022775104-61ATLMVN7HGSJRC4Y5XT/us-constitution-word-cloud-map-black.jpg Story Matters - Words Matter U.S. Constitution Word Cloud Map, by Romero Gomez http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2021/1/6/today monthly 0.5 2021-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1609973211577-6FWWP9XODXXDY1ND52O7/US_NEWS_CONGRESS_ELECTION_8_GET.jpg Story Matters - Today... from the Minneapolis Star Tribune http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2020/12/25/public-health-prophet monthly 0.5 2020-12-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1608926983875-8QN8544WBFHV2L8FVOPU/mto-stuart_isett.jpg Story Matters - Public Health Prophet Mike Osterholm, PhD, MPH by Stuart Isett for Fortune Brainstorm Health http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2020/11/25/pushing-the-holidays monthly 0.5 2020-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1606338001264-0131EQJT4A9DDE6CAW5Q/Alleshouses.jpeg Story Matters - Pushing the Holidays Summer of 1960-something - an Alleshouse family picnic. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2020/10/27/is-this-retrograde monthly 0.5 2020-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1603814476683-830UFC3JMCZ7GDP46VR2/solar-system-planetary-system-planet-space-art-wallpaper-preview.jpg Story Matters - Is This Retrograde? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1603814590014-B66S8YXCUYU15RMMPVHY/122164936_10220960763481679_1679768297427134781_n.jpg Story Matters - Is This Retrograde? Dick and Sue Wink, laughing as usual… http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2020/8/14/kavepfpfkmqfmt6n9ehb5jqedlqab9 monthly 0.5 2020-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1597446000915-AT8NMPS5GKQUAPTW30YG/images.jpg Story Matters - Playing with Feelings... Remember “Lassie, Come Home”? http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2020/7/30/living-on-edge monthly 0.5 2020-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1596148861580-05SLHBX1XOCJK2KH2GRP/images.jpg Story Matters - Living on Edge http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2020/7/22/exhausted-yet monthly 0.5 2020-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1595443592239-86LV0ZTWEN7V3CMMUKNS/Screen+Shot+2020-07-22+at+1.46.12+PM.png Story Matters - Exhausted Yet? http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2019/7/21/end-of-an-era monthly 0.5 2019-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1563726893818-WE6RDNAFK0U52GDUWQGJ/Dick+%2B.jpeg Story Matters - End of an Era... A mid-1990s Dick Wink, on the left , with the families he inspired with humor and love. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2019/7/4/why-i-love-this-country monthly 0.5 2019-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1562263022757-6L4R36S5F6PDJNIBRH1W/66374276_10217261494763796_7742308450943631360_n.jpg Story Matters - Why I Love This Country... My friend Marilyn’s image on the shores of Lake Ontario… http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2018/12/23/musing-at-year-end monthly 0.5 2018-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1545593347816-D12DPWOQJZ3EUHJC7KMJ/51XbVHOW5VL.jpg Story Matters - Musing at Year End http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2018/10/30/fall-colors monthly 0.5 2018-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1540910722144-J4XDRIEJ4C5YLGBPRWX7/IMG_3248.jpg Story Matters - Fall Colors....? http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2018/10/2/triggers-be-gone monthly 0.5 2018-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1538498039850-8MMBZ9SKFD51WLQQKMUQ/broken-shattered-mirror-25977149+%281%29.jpg Story Matters - Triggers Be Gone http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2018/9/12/fall-and-a-new-year monthly 0.5 2018-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1536788481468-DKN6ZI17LO7J70DH5E6I/fall-autumn-red-season.jpg Story Matters - Fall and A New Year Always a road to travel… http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2018/6/16/missing-dad-on-fathers-day monthly 0.5 2018-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1529173907955-CZ2TNBA3IPSSXA9TAQSR/IMG_3007.jpg Story Matters - Missing Dad on Father's Day My dad on vacation - always with a tie. NYC, 1960-something http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2018/5/25/the-passing-of-mentors-and-guides monthly 0.5 2018-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1527269976328-6XRN75MYYWBT5WXFASF2/IMG_0829.jpg Story Matters - The Passing of Mentors and Guides Perspective provided by the long view... http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2018/4/12/april-snows-bring monthly 0.5 2018-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1523551711371-N7RD2KHQV88VFTBUZ510/unnamed.jpg Story Matters - April Snows Bring... The snow out the window is a shot of the winter that will never end - in April...through the fog of a screen that's waiting to be opened! http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2017/11/23/season-of-nostalgia monthly 0.5 2018-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1511451488483-8DQTYR1Y2MJTXD1DGJ7X/Mom+and+Aunt+Connie.jpeg Story Matters - Season of Nostalgia My mom on the right with her sister, Aunt Connie - some time in the early 1960s. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2017/10/27/the-girls monthly 0.5 2017-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1509118834188-9N7TLKF1ET5SESZX6W3N/IMG_2609.JPG Story Matters - The Girls Sunrise behind the Duomo in Florence - http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2017/10/2/and-again monthly 0.5 2017-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1506961444365-8PN3DTFKRCRPJ9D4BGVM/171002095514-20-las-vegas-incident-1002-restricted-exlarge-169.jpg Story Matters - And Again... Joy turned to horror... http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2017/9/28/time monthly 0.5 2017-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1506608534535-4LJWGBT4AJI8GV86Q7M8/old-analogue-clocks.jpg Story Matters - Time How we kept time before iPhones... http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2017/3/3/this-land-is-our-land monthly 0.5 2017-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1488561535985-US3SCY0VSRE7S2TMJ939/IMG_1255+%284%29.jpg Story Matters - This Land is Our Land ...on the roads of America... http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2016/12/1/now-what monthly 0.5 2016-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1480613425971-Z62N38PEW390K4EDYV8A/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - Now What... ...time to focus. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2016/11/10/recalling-old-lessons monthly 0.5 2016-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1478803939935-B0TI1YS1SNKOJEW746WJ/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - Recalling Old Lessons Reflecting the pain of shattered assumptions... http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2016/10/27/attractive-promises-1 monthly 0.5 2016-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1477592125149-T2TGEXWYW1LMSNN6FWU9/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - Attractive & Promises This is attractive - Adafina recipe at end... http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2016/9/27/seasonal-shifts monthly 0.5 2016-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1475017022109-CKBMKZCU7WIXWMWZP57T/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - Seasonal Shifts A classic Minnesota hot dish with cheese. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2016/9/8/traveling-and-home monthly 0.5 2016-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1473357416804-6GORBAP9B9PCPF6YD6PK/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - Traveling and Home Tangier from the sea http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2016/7/10/an-ode-to-the-lovely-luscious-ladies-of-linden-hills monthly 0.5 2016-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1468195796169-P5I8RS6J17SZW8EXFHL5/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - An Ode to the Lovely Luscious Ladies of Linden Hills Moms in muumuus at the lake, missing a few more discreet madams - Sheree, Val, and Becky. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2016/6/2/beyond-parenting monthly 0.5 2016-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1464890908353-IYYM2PLLT4J250M1YFA8/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - Beyond Parenting The kids in grade school.... http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2016/5/26/politics-the-art monthly 0.5 2016-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1464284134684-VP4PSLWUM3ZTM2QZ6OTV/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - Politics, the Art It starts with conversation... http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2016/4/21/tilting-at-change monthly 0.5 2016-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1461258212408-3SQYEHY0J2Y7HX9BR0R1/TiltingatChange2.jpg Story Matters - Tilting at Change Koppel china out from the dusty closet and ready for dining once more. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2016/3/24/new-normals monthly 0.5 2016-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1458851926079-1VBZP3YPUFIOK5NHQ7Q3/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - New Normals Rome, Italy http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2016/3/10/charmed monthly 0.5 2016-03-10 http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2016/1/21/one-forgets monthly 0.5 2016-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1453401064209-EVAF6XKXTI3CTDVUBWMG/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - One Forgets Winter version of Lake Harriett Bandshell. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2015/12/31/sweet-melancholy monthly 0.5 2015-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1451583110734-JETZD99RVG0VCMOZZTZM/Sunset+In+Poipu+Beach.jpg Story Matters - Sweet Melancholy Sunset reflections in Poipu Beach. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2015/12/17/letting-go monthly 0.5 2015-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1450366233877-LHDW62W2UM84SU8NWBSO/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - Letting Go Shades of the '80s. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2015/10/29/change monthly 0.5 2015-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1446136512859-ZLNVJWNT7Z71313KDNLT/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - Change Dylan mural by Brazilian artist Kobra - completed summer 2015 in downtown Minneapolis. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2015/10/1/construction-playground monthly 0.5 2015-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1443704762802-RDXXR1A6UJBZALMBO0DG/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - Construction Playground A glimpse at the backyard, minus garage, pre-concrete pour... http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2015/8/27/outrage-fatigue monthly 0.5 2015-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1440689601843-ROC2JKAD78C2DVU893PW/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - Outrage Fatigue Image borrowed from a typewriter blog - really! http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2015/8/13/bonus-time monthly 0.5 2015-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1439480081390-W92ID60JUD3RGACBFYSD/image-asset.png Story Matters - Bonus Time One of Mom's favorite photos taken by my Dad for her music teaching publicity - 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C.difficile colonies - something you don't want too much of in your gut. Thanks to Wikipedia. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2015/6/18/unpacking-with-care monthly 0.5 2015-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1434642775968-DY1SDEX0XJ37Z49BXQEM/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - Unpacking With Care Writing retreat in the woods of Wade's cabin estate. Photo courtesy of Gary Edwards. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2015/6/4/planting-a-tree monthly 0.5 2015-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1433433454770-Z4FN00C86OVKU6B58GZ5/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - Planting a Tree Our newest tree, a Northern catalpa on the corner of W. 40th and Sheridan Ave. S. in Minneapolis. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2015/5/27/fashion-forward- monthly 0.5 2015-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1432785153880-23PYXRAOGYEAJKG85Q2U/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - Fashion Forward ... Photo by blogger Ari Seth Cohen, of AdvancedStyle http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2015/5/21/set-back-on-my-heels monthly 0.5 2015-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1432229668683-GNRWHAREQWKWFTIUOPXA/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - Set Back On My Heels From a quieter protest in Minneapolis earlier this year, by Avi Nahum. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2015/4/23/words-matter monthly 0.5 2015-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1429811225799-JM0UH9KJQCQV92THO010/image-asset.png Story Matters - Words Matter http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2015/4/16/goodbye-esther monthly 0.5 2015-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1429200855763-41HXY6L8INHK8QK0RKFO/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - Goodbye Esther http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2015/4/9/coming-home monthly 0.5 2015-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1428605192904-HEB2R838VTN8836LU5CA/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - Coming Home Fireplaces really do matter in Minneapolis! http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2015/3/12/on-and-off-the-road monthly 0.5 2015-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1426169463513-V0OT04J16JNPT9PB3JUX/image-asset.png Story Matters - On and Off the Road http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2015/3/5/discombobulating-ambiguity monthly 0.5 2015-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1425583622358-3P50RVYNNDB32GVJTN7K/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - Discombobulating Ambiguity How will we pack that poster? http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2015/2/24/the-act-of-leaving monthly 0.5 2015-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1424830563526-GZJK3DMHAY35X5FJ169B/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - The Act of Leaving Leaving D.C. in 1984, when we moved ourselves, and called friends for help. http://www.stunninginsilver.com/journal/2015/2/19/and-now-40-years-later monthly 0.5 2015-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ed3dbde4b0f45065e064b9/1424368312760-OKRFV1SU6KEH5V915387/image-asset.jpeg Story Matters - And now, 40 years later... 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