Category Archives: Managing Minneapolis

“How did they let it happen?” asks the history books

Posted on January 22, 2026 by sheilawill

Now we know. Here’s my rant. It’s no different than the outrage billowing out of millions of other human mouths. It feels necessary today. How do we allow an adorable five-year-old Latino boy, https://www.startribune.com/preschooler-and-three-other-students-detained-by-ice-school-district-leader-says/601568045 whose father was here legally, to … Continue reading →

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Fly Like An Eagle

Posted on October 28, 2025 by sheilawill

Driving alongside the Mighty Mississippi to the National Eagle Center in Wabasha, Minnesota, was worth the trip. Time to spend with my darling nearly nine-year-old grandson on a late Autumn day, with its Midwestern array of gold, red, and orange … Continue reading →

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I didn’t know it yet…

Posted on August 19, 2025 by sheilawill

As I returned from this morning’s three-mile walk around Lake Harriet, I passed Wild Rumpus Children’s Bookstore. As I often do. A mom and dad and a skinny young boy made their way from their small car (with a Quebec … Continue reading →

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Pencil Sharpening Means Renewal

Posted on June 8, 2025 by sheilawill

I’ve had my regrets in life. But I don’t regret getting so excited about the fourth anniversary of the 20-ft. pencil sharpening at Lake of the Isles, yesterday on June 7, which took place on the front lawn of the … Continue reading →

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All My Rage Can’t Fit On This Sign

Posted on April 5, 2025 by sheilawill

It felt good to join 6,000-10,000 humans in front of the Minnesota State Capital today. We put ourselves out there to stop the rise of authoritarianism, the outrageous oligarchy knocking on all of our doors. What creative signs Minnesotans came … Continue reading →

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A Month in Istanbul!!!

Posted on May 5, 2024 by sheilawill

Walking around Lake Harriet I happened upon a pop-up yoga class this morning. I happily joined in, stretching in nature. Where else could you take a free outdoor yoga class? The Bay Area, somewhere in Vermont, Mt. Desert Island in … Continue reading →

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Locked In

Posted on December 18, 2023 by sheilawill

Once I locked myself in the bathroom, planning to jump out the window, swinging on a tree branch like Tarzan or Jane in old jungle movies. I was young then. Never before had I been locked in the bathroom by … Continue reading →

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How Art Revives Us!

Posted on December 3, 2023 by sheilawill

Why am I surprised after visiting an art museum? Those feelings of newness, imagination, and life’s possibilities bubble up in me every time. Yet how often do I go to an art museum, of which there are three top-notch examples … Continue reading →

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Hugging Saguaros

Posted on January 28, 2023 by sheilawill

I love being in Tucson, where the saguaros welcome us on the edge of Gates Pass. The mornings have been chilly. But by noon the sun shines down on the back patio. A trickling waterfall soothes me with one of … Continue reading →

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Every Picture — and Road Trip — Tells a Story

Posted on December 30, 2022 by sheilawill

Heading out of Minnesota Wednesday morning reminded me of the precarious black ice that threatened new young drivers on their way to and from Mt. Desert Island High School. “Watch out for black ice” was my constant winter warning. Yesterday … Continue reading →

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