1982: sixty-year-old Anna was behind the wheel. In the passenger seat, her 90-year-old mother Helena. They were approaching their destination: Mountain Lake, Minnesota. Helena instructed […]
“You’d better post about the Nickelstein,” Andrew said. “I will!” I promised. “But also… why?” “Because! It’s the only monument Mennonites have put up in […]
“What will you do with these stories?” If I’m being honest… I will probably forget them. So much has already been forgotten, reinvented, rewritten. And […]
You’re going to think that I never finish anything that I start. But I will. However, two things have happened. First, Andrew told me that […]
Good morning! Even though I’ve been hanging out with the Russlaender 100 “train people” as they are now being called (lol what?!) quite a lot […]