ORIENTATE THE DISORIENTATED

All these years as a teacher made me forget how much I enjoy being a student - being mentored, guided, walked around. I like!!! And since the U of M wants us to be "driven to discover" (the motto) they drove us around the Twincities to discover them. Unfortunately pictures taken from buses generally suck - especially those taken with a f... hp camera. I apologize.

So the thing about guides here is they walk backwards - and I mean all the time! Fun - and dangerous!

Sweet Rubia from China documented everything - bet she got better pics than me...

Minnehaha Park. Here is its story: Minnehaha (her name means "waterfall") is the lover of Hiawatha from W. H. Longfellow's epic poem The Song of Hiawatha, basically a Native American version of Romeo and Juliet. (Two Native American Tribes, both alike in dignity ... you get the idea ...) Since the poem turned out to be a big hit in the States, people felt the need for a place to set the story - voila, Minnehaha park. It's really, really beautiful.

She is everywhere and makes me feel so good: Miss Issippi. I cross this fat girl every day - and every day it lifts me up.