But those who have been under the shadow,
who have gone down at last
to elemental things,
will have a wider charity.

Slava Ukraini
Слава Україні!

Vive l’Ukraine libre,
vive l’Europe démocratique.

Claude Malhuret/
politique français

“Origin Story of

Fort Road/West Seventh Street,
the Township/City of Saint Paul,
the Territory/State of Minnesota,
Glacial Age Forward”

“Origin Story” Goes Live!

• Thursday, June 5, 12:30-2:00 @ C.S.P.S. Hall!) Sponsored by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute,
  University of Minnesota College of Continuing and Professional Studies
• May: Episodic serialization in the Community Reporter
• March 24: On-camera interview: PBS documentary "We Are the River" to be aired Fall 2025. Trailer
• August 17: Germanic-American Institute Cafe, 10 a.m. - 11:30. Kaffee and kuchen available for purchase.
• TBD: Second (enhanced!) edition

Past events:

• Friday, March 14, 7:00 p.m. Czech and Slovak Sokol Minnesota at its historic C.S.P.S. Hall (383 Michigan, sokolmn.org,).
• Monday, March 24, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The West Seventh Library and Keystone/West Seventh Community Center (265 Oneida)
• Thursday, February 27 West Seventh Library and Keystone/West Seventh Community Center
• Thursday, February 18 Saint Paul Rotary Club
• Outreach to libraries and cultural and educational organizations is complete with about 50 soft cover copies distributed and accepted gratis.

Email for information: joe@josfland.com

Origin Table of contents and more information

At the end of 2024, 380 histories were published, 78 hard cover ($150) and 302 soft cover ($40). All proceeds, over $14,000, benefited West Seventh’s C.S.P.S. Hall’s Legacy Fund. The first edition has been sold out thanks to the enthusiastic demand in the West End and beyond. The book’s 416 pages with 1058 images (85% vintage) are documented with 259 endnotes. Each book was inscribed “Thank you for (contributing to and) supporting the history of immigrants and volunteers of W7!”

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Kiosk: Guides for learning (2024) Website

Restored, reformatted, and revised with 200 guides to promote learning, middle school through returning adult--with translations in 38 languages! Non-ChatGPT, non-Bard; non-AI.

Kiosk guides for learning
is a freely accessible educational environment that offers strategies to recognize and realize learning objectives. We accept individual differences without regard to ability and creed; sexual and affectional orientation; caste, tribal and national affiliation; individual, familial and collective history. Dates from 1996.

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Aging Gardens Website

I sold my bluffside home of 40+ years in 2022 when my partner Steve and I moved next door to a house and gardens we built over four years. The Website Aging Gardens is both a summary of the construction and an inventory of the perennials, ground covers, bushes, trees, cacti and houseplants over the years.

Minneapolis/Saint Paul Home Tour, April 30/May 1, 2022.

Minneapolis Star Tribune, HOME & GARDEN section, August 19, 2022:
St. Paul garden tour founder is all about creating Zen in his garden ... By Nancy Ngo

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Recognition:

Community service and volunteer activities.

Media:

MN Public Radio "Music with Minnesotans"; "MN State Capital" documentary;
KARE-TV  "Summer Backyard (Garden) Tour"; Czech Radio

 

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CV/Resume

Professional activities including research and development of Online educational resources