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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

This garden is my joy and my sorrow

Monday, October 5, 2020 Carol Robidoux 0

Gardening is an obvious metaphor to me, for life. It is action and inertia, success and failure, roses and thorns. Every season I learn something new, or remember something forgotten. There are odds of survival and inexplicable failure to thrive. This is life on earth, whether you are plant or animal. READ MORE

Until we learn this one lesson nothing changes

Friday, May 29, 2020 Carol Robidoux 1

The events unfolding in Minneapolis this week are part of an undercurrent of racism and inequality that has been rolling just below the surface for decades. The murder of George Floyd while in police custody has created a tsunami, and the aftershocks are inevitable. READ MORE

Mother’s Day reflections: Evolution of a woman

Saturday, May 9, 2020 Carol Robidoux 0

Yes, I know the historical roots of how we got here — from ancient Greek goddesses and “Mothering Sunday” in the UK to Anna Jarvis and Julia Ward Howe, who campaigned for mothers around the world to lobby for world peace — women who sacrificed their sons in wartime knew that there had to be a better way to solve the world’s problems. READ MORE

Safe shopping and social dissonance: Dirty scenes from a supermarket parking lot

Tuesday, March 31, 2020 Carol Robidoux 1

Right now personal protective equipment – and social distancing – is all that stands between us and “it.” READ MORE

What’s the difference between 40 years of marriage and looking for the promised land?

Sunday, June 9, 2019 Carol Robidoux 0

It’s our wedding anniversary, and I’ve learned a lot can happen in 40 years. READ MORE

Maternal Magnetism

Sunday, May 12, 2019 Carol Robidoux 2

Like a compass needle, her magnetism pointed me exactly in the direction I needed to go, whether we ever really knew it or not. Just as the invisible moon pulls at the ocean, even through a sky of clouds, my mother continues to move me. READ MORE

Of bad Karma and really solving homelessness in our city

Thursday, December 13, 2018 Carol Robidoux 0

Seeing the homeless camping outside my downtown office inspired me to look for a bright idea. I think I found it. READ MORE

Superheroines among us: Of kindness and kittens

Tuesday, October 9, 2018 Carol Robidoux 0

“But I also believe the way people treat animals is a reflection on how they treat human beings. It makes it hard to be compassionate for one another if we can’t feel compassion for animals that are helpless.” READ MORE

I am rejecting ‘politics as usual’ in my city. Who’s with me?

Friday, June 22, 2018 Carol Robidoux 2

I hope I’m not the only one wondering how much longer we will condone inappropriate behavior with our collective silence. READ MORE

Let’s make McAllaster great again (and use it as a community theater!)

Saturday, June 9, 2018 Carol Robidoux 0

Imagine if students from all four of our high schools could come together for a district-wide theater arts collaborative, making McAllaster home base, and staging one major production each school year pooling talent from all four schools, including technical support from MST students? READ MORE