Laughter, Falling Water and Time
May Day Wishes by Lisa Bergin In Memory of Janet Johnson and all the times she told us she loved us. The world is quiet The world is bare. And all the creatures have all gone home They cannot come out and play But we will rise like blades of grass And we will … Read more
In 1908 construction was completed on a handsome shelter at the southeast end of Powderhorn Lake fronting 15th Avenue South at East 34th Street. The concrete building had a steel frame roof covered with tile that projected ten feet over the outside walls. A reinforced concrete floor enclosed a 40 x 100 feet, space all in … Read more
Let me live in a house by the side of the road. Where the race of men go by, The men who are good and the men who are bad, As good and as bad as I. I would not sit in the scorner’s seat Or hurl the cynic’s ban. Let me live in a … Read more
This building was constructed in 1920 to house a new milk-processing plant. It grew into a huge business in just a few years. By 1924, profits from the sale of high-quality milk, cream, butter, buttermilk, cottage cheese and ice cream were over $3 million dollars a year. The business employed 418 people and had 175 … Read more