Category Archives: Geography

Tubi: By Any Means (2008)

One of my favorite things to watch are the Ewan MacGregor/Charley Boorman motorcycle documentaries: Long Way Round, Long Way Down…still mean to watch Long Way Up.

This series follows Boorman with a lighter crew but a way more ambitious plan to get from Ireland to Australia. It is a lot of joy with a fair mix of chaos. Unfortunately it has lost a lot of its online supporting documentation. I am now reading the book as well just in case there is stuff I missed in the show, because it looked like some things should have been touched on more.

Sadly, thus far, maybe it just was. Pity. Still fun to watch though.

Variety of Ojibwe-translated children’s books are headed to immersion classrooms

One of the enjoyable things about living up here is that, on occasion, we try to respect the cultures of those who live here…and those who have been here a long time.

It isn’t perfect, of course. We’ve got our share of red-hatted racists like everywhere else. We just try not to put them in positions of power. Even St. Cloud is getting better at that. Kind of.

In any case, part of getting it right is sharing our languages, and cultures, and stories. This is a good start.

What Happened to Paul Wellstone’s Campaign Bus?

The Star Tribune did a similar story months ago but I couldn’t share because, well, paywall nonsense. So here is an update of Wellstone’s bus, which has just been sitting in a field for the past too many years.

Apparently you may be able to see it on the road in the near-ish future.

Here is a KSTP story I missed:

And a documentary on the bus from almost 20 years ago: