I have no image for this post. Only jumbled words. prologuist.blogspot.com/2026/02/beca...

Music Man reimagined as Metro Surge. Harold Hill and Marcellus in ICE uniforms coming and knocking on doors “We’ve got trouble in River City.” The mayor and wife “ICE, get the F*CK out of our city.” Ensemble/Townsfolk scatter halfway through their number.

Crappy, undrivable weather on the night we were all supposed to do Salt Cure to raise money for local restaurants is so 2026.

The letter W: prologuist.blogspot.com/2026/02/this...

The tuba player outside of Sweeney's is back.

I've been sending email "postcards" about life here to out of state friends,. DM me your email if you want to be on the list. (you can get one if you're in MN as well, but you probably don't need a daily "what its like here now" summary).

Now I really wish I knew how to knit (I had someone tell me to "stick to my knitting" recently, but I don't think that's what they literally meant).

There are a lot of things you can do to help right now, even if you are too burned out/overwhelmed/far away: prologuist.blogspot.com/2026/02/feel...

No one but theater geeks care about the MN One-Act competition...but call me flabbergasted that they are actually letting a "Nazis were people too" piece compete right now — especially with the cast holding an on-stage prayer circle before the play starts.

A bunch of high school kids, including my daughter, remind me why theater is so very important: prologuist.blogspot.com/2026/02/its-...

This January is not like other Januaries: prologuist.blogspot.com/2026/01/minn...

Did you call your senators yet to tell them not to vote for DHS/ICE funding in the current bill?

Please do NOT reach out to anyone in MN right now with the salutation "I hope this email finds you well." It doesn't.

I'm going to a funeral this morning for someone I babysat for, at a time when my state is unjustly occupied — and I burst into tears this morning because the dress I put on comes from a shop I loved that had to close last year. So yeah, so far Jan26 makes Mar20 look like a cakewalk.

It's looking like the kind of winter where I'm going to need some new boot liners because I'm going to be standing in cold streets a lot.

A photographer I know just documented a whole bunch of clergy getting arrested at the airport.

Here's the deal with a 5-year old. They love their families. They still believe that they need to do what adults tell them. These monsters know that and used that preschooler as bait. I can't even.

My friend Pam gives, in her usual eloquent style , a glimpse of life here right now.

A brief escape from reality: prologuist.blogspot.com/2026/01/work...

Wishing that MN funders, like MSAB, would note that conditions are not really conducive to getting work done right now and extend some deadlines....

Just stopped for a donut because I love the neighborhood donut shop near my client

Why are we not trying to recruit Tina Smith to run for governor?

I was so glad to be at Mayor Her's inauguration today! prologuist.blogspot.com/2026/01/inau...

I don't publish "work blog" posts as often as I likely should, but this information about postmark date changes is important! www.gladhillrhone.com/postmark-dea...

Recognizing my amazing friend Marta: prologuist.blogspot.com/2025/12/merr...

Want to give something to your friends who are also colleagues but $ is low this time of year? Take a look at their "Skills" on their Linked In profile and see if you can endorse any of them (but only if you have experience with them on that, of course!) I just did, and it was very appreciated!

Flying Eagles: prologuist.blogspot.com/2025/12/eagl...

Dammit, @mprnews.org! You need to trigger warning those stories! #Whamaggedoned

It’s the 11th of December. The 10th is the day my mom went into the hospital for the final time in 2006. It’s now been 1/3 of my life. Every Single Year I wonder why I suddenly feel so down right about now. Some things just get ingrained into the psyche.

Thinking about my college experience: prologuist.blogspot.com/2025/12/alma...

My PSA for the day is that having a furnace red-tagged over a long holiday weekend is every bit as miserable as you would expect, and furnace replacement is Really Expensive....

Furnace woes - prologuist.blogspot.com/2025/11/thin...

On the road again! prologuist.blogspot.com/2025/11/nola...

As if I didn't have enough on my plate with 11/17 deadlines, GTTM Day, and Thanksgiving next week — oh year, I have to get eleventy-billion Paid Medical and Family Leave notices out! Don't be like me, folks!

The Dining Room: prologuist.blogspot.com/2025/11/two-...

To have a plan that only works when a situation encounters no issues ... is not really having a plan.

I, like everyone else in my feed, was enchanted by the lights tonight: prologuist.blogspot.com/2025/11/auro...

When you try to watch Dancing With the Stars live to ease election night angst and Disney streaming goes down....

I can't say this enough - if you're an organization writing a grant, stick to what you know you are doing. Don't think you need to embellish the proposal. Reading grants for panels I have been on lately is more playing "two truths and a lie" than ever before, and I'm tired of it.

Happy Halloween — and EA eve to all those who celebrate!

One day you're all punk rock and the next you are digging through the "good dryer lint" to make firestarters (but still listening ot David Byrne while you do.)

My daughter's school has security guards at the door that most kids ignore. She knows all of them and can tell us in detail about their lives. Her school has a "You Belong" campaign right now and I think they are don't even notice things like this, but I am so proud of her.

A day of looking for things! Thanks, @talkdeath.bsky.social! prologuist.blogspot.com/2025/10/find...

Getting into the *spirit* of things: prologuist.blogspot.com/2025/10/hall...

When you find out that the guy kind of goofing around on the piano while you were at Grand Central Station seeing the Dear New York exhibit was Lin-Manuel Miranda...

Saint Paul folks — want to learn more about @kaohlyforstp.bsky.social's platform before the November 4 mayoral election? I would love to see you at this event: www.mobilize.us/kaohlyherfor...

Listening to a piece on MPR about the George Morrison show at the Met, and so happy to have seen it this last weekend!

NYC summary: prologuist.blogspot.com/2025/10/new-...

Why I'm voting for Kaohly Her: prologuist.blogspot.com/2025/10/why-...

Ummm, brrrr.....