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Tributes: a tip of the hat to a lifetime of friends and influential figures

The Rumpkins: a golden-years romance novel, a travel adventure ensnared in a murder mystery

A Complex Apology: a four-act play based on Symbionese Liberation Army activist Sara Jane Olson, and her journey from revolutionary to St. Paul mom living undercover

A Father’s Stories: dozens of stories about organizing, politics, sex, drugs, rock and roll and more

Tributes

Monday, May 1 Tribute # 1: Margie, Rocky & David
Monday, May 1 Voyage House Gang
Monday, May 1 Judy, Lance & Ira
Monday, May 1 Pat DeCarlo
Monday, May 1 Anne Conley
Monday, May 1 Bob Flug
Monday, May 1 Spencer & Julian
Monday, May 1 Rick Bowen
Monday, May 1 Carla Kjellberg
Monday, May 1 Pat Lindgren
Tuesday, May 2 Steve Cooper to the Rescue
Tuesday, May 2 Howard Orenstein
Tuesday, May 2 Jane Prince & Theresa Charles
Tuesday, May 2 Mike Whelan & the Bluebird Nation
Tuesday, May 2 Ellen Anderson
Tuesday, May 2 Randy Kelly
Tuesday, May 2 Jim Swenson and Marshall Tanick
Tuesday, May 2 Greer McSpadden
Tuesday, May 2 Rich Broderick
Tuesday, May 2 Susan Johnson

The Rumpkins

Thursday, June 1 The Rumpkins
Thursday, June 1 Introduction and List of Characters
Thursday, June 1 Prologue & Chapter 1
Thursday, June 1 Chap. 2 – First Stop
Thursday, June 1 Chap. 3 – The Night at Susie’s
Thursday, June 1 Chap. 4 – We Make Headlines
Friday, June 2 Chap. 5 – Vying for Susie’s Attention
Friday, June 2 Chap. 5 – Part Two
Friday, June 2 Chap. 6 – More About the Murder Trial
Friday, June 2 Chap. 7 – Skip’s Story
Friday, June 2 Chap. 8 – On the Road Stoned
Friday, June 2 Chap. 9 – How Rumpkins Got their Name
Friday, June 2 Chap. 10 – Hint of Trouble
Friday, June 2 Chap. 11 – News From Montana
Friday, June 2 Chap. 12 – We All Meet Pirate Jack
Friday, June 2 Chap. 13 – The Beginning of a Movie?
Saturday, June 3 Chap. 14 – The Hearst Castle Caper
Saturday, June 3 Chap. 14 – PART TWO
Saturday, June 3 Chap. 14 – PART THREE
Saturday, June 3 Chap. 15 – In the News Again
Saturday, June 3 Chap. 16 – Dodgers Going to World Series?
Saturday, June 3 Chap. 17 – It’s the Journey, Not the Destination
Saturday, June 3 Chap. 18 – Shopping While Black
Saturday, June 3 Chap. 19 – Leaving L.A.
Saturday, June 3 Chap. 20 – On Becoming a Caravan
Saturday, June 3 Chap. 21 – The Bombing at Dodger Stadium
Saturday, June 3 Chap. 22 – We Hear About Bombing on the Road
Sunday, June 4 Chap. 23 – Skip’s Torment
Sunday, June 4 Chap. 24 – Jack & Sally Falling in Love
Sunday, June 4 Chap. 25 – Skip’s Back
Sunday, June 4 Chap. 25 – Part Two
Sunday, June 4 Chap. 26 – How Rocky Developed His Aptitude for What is Fun
Sunday, June 4 Chap. 27 – Busted!
Sunday, June 4 Chap. 27 – Part Two
Sunday, June 4 Chap. 28 – Eloise Wins the School Board Race
Sunday, June 4 Chap. 29 – Skip Shares What’s Bothering Him
Sunday, June 4 Chap. 30 – Getting It Straight about Politics
Sunday, June 4 Chap. 31 – The Night in the Airstream
Monday, June 5 Chap. 32 – Enlisting Susie to Connect the (maybe) Dots
Monday, June 5 Chap. 33 – Meanwhile in Mamou . . .
Monday, June 5 Chap. 34 – Back in Boulder
Monday, June 5 Chap. 35 – Skip Finds What He’s Looking For??
Monday, June 5 Chap. 36 – Former Rep on Political Mission of his Life
Monday, June 5 BOOK TWO: The Dots Start Connecting -Chap. 37
Monday, June 5 Chap. 38 – Can Max Help with the SLA Connection?
Monday, June 5 Chap. 39 – Thanksgiving, 2022, on the Road
Monday, June 5 Chap. 40 – Max Can’t Believe Ken is in on the Bombing
Monday, June 5 Chap. 41 – More on Susie’s Wiles while Sleuthing
Monday, June 5 Chap. 42 – Ken Comes Clean
Monday, June 5 Chap. 43 – Sally Finds What She’s Looking For!
Monday, June 5 Chap. 44 – Who is John Dougherty?
Monday, June 5 Chap. 45 – We Learn Whom Gordy’s “Insider” Is
Monday, June 5 Chap. 46 – A Bombshell! We Learn about the Next Planned Bombing
Monday, June 5 Chap. 47 – An Unholy Trinity
Monday, June 5 Chap. 48 – We all Learn too Much about Everything
Monday, June 5 Chap. 49 – Skip Forsakes Legal Advice
Tuesday, June 6 Chap. 50 – Super-Sleuth Susie Heading to Vancouver!
Tuesday, June 6 Chap. 51 – Finally, A Decision on What to Do
Tuesday, June 6 Chap. 52 – A Failed Attempt to Extricate Jane
Tuesday, June 6 Chap. 53 – In Vancouver, a New Posse
Tuesday, June 6 Chap. 54 – Shadya Says He’ll Sing
Tuesday, June 6 Chap. 55 – The Last Piece of the Puzzle
Tuesday, June 6 Chap. 56 – The Deal Is Cut
Tuesday, June 6 ***EPILOG*** (In 9 Parts)
Tuesday, June 6 EPILOG (9 Parts): #2 – Did Girls Get Rescued from Sex Trade?
Tuesday, June 6 EPILOG (9 Parts): #3 – Did the Rumpkins Have a Third Reprise as the S.F. Shakespearian Theater?
Tuesday, June 6 EPILOG (9 Parts): #4 – Did Skip Find What He Was Looking For?
Tuesday, June 6 EPILOG (9 Parts): #5 – Was the New Year’s Eve Party a Success?
Tuesday, June 6 EPILOG (9 Parts): #6 – Who Murdered Abdul?
Tuesday, June 6 EPILOG (9 Parts): Part 7 – What was the Motive for the NYC Bombing Plot?
Tuesday, June 6 EPILOG (9 Parts): #8 – What Became of the “Rump Legislature” Idea?
Thursday, June 8 EPILOG (9 Parts): Part 9 – How Did those Romances End Up?

A Complex Apology: The Sara Jane Olson Story

Tuesday, April 25 A Complex Apology – The Sara Olson Story
Tuesday, April 25 Act One – The New Arrivals
Tuesday, April 25 Act 1 – Scene 2: Organizing the Neighborhood
Tuesday, April 25 Act 2: Joy Before We Knew Her
Tuesday, April 25 Act 2 – Scene 2: A Police Murder
Tuesday, April 25 Act 3: Back in Utopian St. Paul
Tuesday, April 25 Act 3 – Scene 2: All Kids Doing Great
Tuesday, April 25 Act 3 – Scene 3: The Neighborhood Bank
Tuesday, April 25 Act 3 – Scene 4: Just Before the Bad News Hits
Wednesday, April 26 Act 4: The Bad News Is Overwhelming
Wednesday, April 26 Act 4 – Scene 2: A Dilemma of Conscience
Wednesday, April 26 Act 4 – Scene 3: To Stay with Joy or Not
Sunday, April 30 Act 4 – Scene 4: The Apology

Father’s Tales

Sunday, April 2 A Broken Heart [Rain Delay Between 1st and 2nd Innings]
Monday, April 3 My First Kisses [1965 – 1969]
Monday, April 3 The Rest is History [second daily dose of My First Kisses]
Monday, April 3 How I Went to a Whorehouse and Didn’t Get Laid [1966]
Monday, April 3 Surprise Ending [second daily dose to Going to a Whorehouse]
Monday, April 3 How I Came to be a Lawyer [1966]
Monday, April 3 THE SAME COP – AGAIN! [second daily dose of How I Came to be a Lawyer]
Tuesday, April 4 What I Did Freshman Year at College [1968]
Tuesday, April 4 College Roommates [second daily dose of Freshman Year]
Tuesday, April 4 On the Way to Mardi Gras [third daily dose of Freshman Year]
Tuesday, April 4 Bye Bye George [fourth daily dose of Freshman Year]
Tuesday, April 4 Finally a New Leaf [fifth daily dose of Freshman Year]
Wednesday, April 5 A Twisted Tale about Being a Good Role Model [1971]
Wednesday, April 5 A Moderation of Moderation [second daily dose of Being a Role Model]
Wednesday, April 5 Playing High Poker [1971]
Wednesday, April 5 The Moulin Rouge [1971]
Thursday, April 6 What I Did with my College Education [1972]
Thursday, April 6 Graduation Day Haiku [second daily dose of What I Did with my College Education]
Thursday, April 6 Skinny-Dipping [third daily dose of What I Did with my College Education]
Thursday, April 6 Joining The Movement [fourth daily dose of What I Did with my College Education]
Thursday, April 6 Voyage House [fifth daily dose of What I Did with my College Education]
Thursday, April 6 Rittenhouse Square [sixth daily dose of What I Did with my College Education]
Thursday, April 6 Shipwreck, NJ [seventh daily dose of What I Did with my College Education]
Friday, April 7 Can I Take Your Girl for a Spin? [1972]
Friday, April 7 High Noon in Chattanooga
Friday, April 7 Hoping for a Hippie Smoking Pot
Friday, April 7 Streetwork [1973]
Friday, April 7 Streetwork??? [second daily dose to Streetwork story – 1973]
Friday, April 7 Busted! [third daily dose of Streetwork story]
Friday, April 7 Me & Russell & Billy’s Memorial Day Adventure [1973]
Friday, April 7 A Fun House Mirror [second daily dose of Memorial Day Adventure]
Friday, April 7 All Day Music [third daily dose of Memorial Day Adventure]
Friday, April 7 Erie Islands [1974]
Friday, April 7 The Ride to Chicago
Saturday, April 8 Jimmy Carter Debating Gerald Ford, Philadelphia 1976
Saturday, April 8 Verboten List [1975]
Saturday, April 8 The Broad Street Scene [second dose of Verboten List]
Saturday, April 8 A Dedicated Cab Driver [third daily dose of Verboten List]
Sunday, April 9 The Summer of ’76 [1976]
Sunday, April 9 Old McDonald’s Farm [second dose of Summer of ’76]
Sunday, April 9 Meeting Sagittarius and Gemini [third daily dose of Summer of ’76]
Sunday, April 9 A Foursome? [fourth daily dose of Summer of ’76]
Sunday, April 9 My Apologies to Hannah and Annie [1977]
Sunday, April 9 Let’s Go to the Troc [second daily dose to Apologies]
Monday, April 10 A Florida Rescue Mission [1978-79]
Monday, April 10 First a Detour [second daily dose to Florida Rescue Mission]
Monday, April 10 Rescue Fails! [third daily dose of Florida Rescue Mission]
Monday, April 10 “Could I go with you guys?!” [fourth daily dose of Florida Rescue Mission]
Monday, April 10 The New Rescue Mission [fifth daily dose of Florida Rescue Mission]
Monday, April 10 This Story has Happy Endings! [sixth daily dose of Florida Rescue Mission]
Monday, April 10 You’ve Got the Job! – 7th Fla dose
Tuesday, April 11 Tucson, Arizona [1979]
Tuesday, April 11 Debbie! [second daily dose of Tucson]
Tuesday, April 11 Katie! [third daily dose of Tucson]
Tuesday, April 11 Two Buses to Buffalo
Tuesday, April 11 How I Got to be a Professional Story Teller (A Story in an Envelope) [1976]
Tuesday, April 11 Ten Years After [third daily dose of How I Came to be a Lawyer] [1976]
Tuesday, April 11 Justice? [fourth daily dose of How I Came to be a Lawyer]
Tuesday, April 11 Power to the People! [fifth daily dose of How I Came to be a Lawyer]
Wednesday, April 12 Left for Dead [eighth daily dose of Florida Rescue Mission – 1980]
Wednesday, April 12 Blood Run St. Joes to St. Johns [1979]
Wednesday, April 12 Two Dead Bodies [second daily dose of Blood Run]
Wednesday, April 12 And One Beautiful Bod [third daily dose of Blood Run]
Wednesday, April 12 Riff-Raff Freight Hopping [1979]
Wednesday, April 12 Baseball [second daily dose of Riff-Raff Freight Hopping]
Thursday, April 13 “And then we were all known as the Black Sheep” [ninth daily dose of Florida Rescue Mission – 1985]
Thursday, April 13 Doing Hard Time [1981]
Thursday, April 13 All Part of the Job [second daily dose of Doing Hard Time]
Friday, April 14 Greatest Date Ever (until Ace) [1983]
Friday, April 14 Finding the Cops [second daily dose of Greatest Date Ever]
Friday, April 14 Trapped in My Own House [1982]
Friday, April 14 Another Hooker Encounter [1984]
Friday, April 14 The Alleged Blow Job [second daily dose of Another Hooker Encounter]
Friday, April 14 On Criminal Defense Work and Plea Bargains
Friday, April 14 Plea Bargaining – Another Part of our Criminal Justice System [second daily dose of Criminal Defense Work]
Saturday, April 15 Keep It Zipped or Pay the Consequences [2011]
Saturday, April 15 Weighing the Scales of Justice [second daily dose of Keep It Zipped]
Saturday, April 15 A Brand New Artist [1988]
Saturday, April 15 Killer Amendments [second daily dose of Brand New Artist]
Saturday, April 15 Things Get Worse [third daily dose of Brand New Artist]
Saturday, April 15 Politics is an Art [fourth daily dose of Brand New Artist]
Saturday, April 15 Sovietizing Our Youth
Saturday, April 15 Sovietizing Our Youth 2.0
Saturday, April 15 My Bill to Let 16 Year-Olds Participate in Politics
Sunday, April 16 Hubert’s Photographer
Sunday, April 16 Inside & Outside Politics [1988]
Sunday, April 16 How I Got to be a Judge – The Glass Ceiling Finally Breaks [1986 – 2006]
Sunday, April 16 The Neighborhood’s Agenda [second daily dose of Glass Ceiling Breaks – 1988]
Sunday, April 16 Come On Third Parties! [third daily dose to Glass Ceiling Breaks – 1994]
Sunday, April 16 Another Supreme Court Case [fourth daily dose to Glass Ceiling Breaks – 1997]
Sunday, April 16 Minnesota Youth Works [fifth daily dose to Glass Ceiling Breaks – 1993]
Sunday, April 16 Parenting Plans [sixth daily dose of Glass Ceiling Breaks – 1985]
Sunday, April 16 A Sea Change in Politics Takes More than One Session [seventh daily dose of Glass Ceiling Breaks – 1998 to 2000]
Sunday, April 16 Glass Ceiling FINALLY Breaks [eighth daily dose of Glass Ceiling Breaks – 2006]
Sunday, April 16 Being a Judge [ninth daily dose of Glass Ceiling Breaks – 2012]
Monday, April 17 Getting Married in a Baseball Stadium
Monday, April 17 The Third Time’s the Charm [1972 First Time]
Monday, April 17 Second Time 1984 [second daily dose to Third Time’s the Charm]
Monday, April 17 Third Time 1989 [third daily dose of Third Time’s the Charm]
Monday, April 17 First Came Love [fourth daily dose of Third Time’s the Charm]
Monday, April 17 Cabo [fifth daily dose to Third Time’s the Charm]
Monday, April 17 Hot Springs [sixth daily dose to Third Time’s the Charm]
Monday, April 17 If he can do it, I can do it [seventh daily dose of Third Time’s the Charm]
Monday, April 17 First Comes Love . . . then Comes Marriage [eighth daily dose of Third Time’s the Charm]
Monday, April 17 How my BB bat was Saved [ninth daily dose to Third Time’s the Charm – 1995]
Monday, April 17 Malicious Reporting [tenth daily dose to Third Time’s the Charm]
Tuesday, April 18 First Comes Love . . . then Comes Marriage . . . then Comes . . . [eleventh daily dose of Third Time’s the Charm [1996-2002]
Tuesday, April 18 Lucky Again [twelfth daily dose of Third Time’s the Charm]
Tuesday, April 18 1,131 Police Calls in One Year [thirteenth daily dose to Third Time’s the Charm]
Tuesday, April 18 The Case Goes On . . and on . . and . . [fourteenth daily dose to Third Time’s the Charm]
Tuesday, April 18 At Last! The First Dance Story [fifteenth daily dose to Third Time’s the Charm]
Tuesday, April 18 Filibustering with the Best of Them [sixteenth daily dose of Third Time’s the Charm]
Wednesday, April 19 The Pleasures of Being a Father [1995]
Wednesday, April 19 Our Marriage [second daily dose of Pleasures Being a Father 1997 – ]
Wednesday, April 19 Now Let Me Count the Many Splendors [third daily dose of Pleasures Being a Father]
Wednesday, April 19 P.S. to Nick [fourth daily dose of Pleasures Being a Father]
Wednesday, April 19 Jack’s Laugh-Out-Loud Story [fifth daily dose of Pleasures Being a Father]
Thursday, April 20 Day 162 A Typical Day Growing Up as a Dawkins Kid
Thursday, April 20 Grace!
Thursday, April 20 TRIBUTE TO DAD
Thursday, April 20 Me and Maggie Clean for Gene [1971]
Thursday, April 20 My Sister Murph [second daily dose of Clean for Gene]
Thursday, April 20 Grandma & Grandpa Rinkema
Friday, April 21 The Mississippi South of Winona [2013]
Friday, April 21 The Next Few Hours [second daily dose of The Mississippi south of Winona]
Friday, April 21 That Night at Red’s Juke Joint [third daily dose of The Mississippi south of Winona]
Saturday, April 22 My Trip to See Mike in Mexico [January, 2014]
Saturday, April 22 Albert Hofmann [second daily dose of Trip to Mexico]
Saturday, April 22 Donde estan las damas? [third daily dose of My Trip to Mexico]
Saturday, April 22 Not Everything is Great [fourth daily dose of My Trip to Mexico]
Sunday, April 23 Batting Practice
Sunday, April 23 Mending a Broken Heart
Sunday, April 23 Busted!
Sunday, April 23 One of BB’s All-Time Funny Men
Sunday, April 23 Tossing Marshmallows [5th Inninng]
Sunday, April 23 An Unhappy Bus Driver
Sunday, April 23 Nicky Mantle [The 9th Inning]
Sunday, April 23 Kieran & Maxine’s Stag/Stagette Party