I'd like to share some reflections about my dad -- Karl P. Wentersdorf -- and our relationship throughout the years our lives intersected....

Recently, my friend Brad lent me a handful of DVDs to brighten my mood. They included old movie classics like Monty Python's The Meaning...

For as long as I can remember, I've always enjoyed playing games. Whether it was Monopoly marathons in the basement of my dorm with my...

This spring, I had a mental health setback during which my depression got to the point that had a hard time functioning and doing basic...

As a frequent rider of city buses and light rail trains, I'm exposed to a wide variety of humanity from all parts of the world. There...

From the time I was an infant, I've had many brushes with death. Here are just a few. I think it's a miracle I'm still alive after 78...

All of my adult life, I've struggled with a combination of clinical depression and generalized anxiety. I had my first major depressive...

I've been a lifelong Democrat from the time I voted for Hubert Humphrey in the 1968 presidential election. At the time, I was a graduate...

I've been a life-long Democrat from the time I first voted for Hubert Humphrey in the 1968 presidential election.

I will be departing from my usual format to write this blog by announcing a reading I'm doing at Strive Bookstore on 9th Street and...

One of my all-time musical highlights was attending the Winnipeg Folk Festival in Canada.  I went there about four times in the 1980s and...

Among my friends and acquaintances I'm not primarily known for my sense of humor. However, when I'm feeling good, my funny bone sneaks...

I've lived in my present apartment building for 41 years. And I don't intend to move again anytime soon! There are a couple of very good...

"Oh, hear that old piano from down the Avenue. I smell the rain, I look around for you. My sweet old someone, coming through that door....

I love to read. So, me and libraries go back a long ways, even if our relationship wasn't always the most cordial. My first real job...

Recently, I saw a powerful film on Netflix called Maestro. In fact, I found it so moving that I viewed it twice in a row. The film tells...

This fall, I taught a community ed class at Southwest High School on the subject of songwriting. It was my first time teaching that...

Next fall I'm planning to visit Germany again after some 17 years absence. I would like to see my cousin Ali and her significant other...

Last week, a close friend complimented me on being willing to take on tough challenges and embark on new, sometimes scary adventures....

This afternoon, I attended a Kaffeeklatsch (social get together with refreshments) with a group of German-speaking seniors, who’ve known...