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

Slava Ukraina

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!

The project continues with a series of talks!

• Friday, March 14, 7:00 p.m. Czech and Slovak Sokol Minnesota at its historic C.S.P.S. Hall (383 Michigan, sokolmn.org,).
  Followed by a social hour and conversation.
• Monday, March 24, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The West Seventh Library and Keystone/West Seventh Community Center (265 Oneida)
• 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
• Past events:
  Thursday, February 27 West Seventh Library and Keystone/West Seventh Community Center
  Thursday, February 18 Saint Paul Rotary Club

All events are free and open to the public; books will not be sold on site. The outreach to libraries and cultural and educational organizations is nearly complete with about 50 soft cover copies distributed and accepted gratis. To continue the educational project, serialization is in the offing, as is a second (enhanced!) edition.
Email for information: joe@josfland.com

At the end of 2024, 375 histories were published, 75 hard cover ($150) and 300 soft cover ($40). All proceeds, over $14,000, benefited West Seventh’s C.S.P.S. Hall’s Legacy Fund. The editions were nearly sold out--with a strategic reserve--thanks to the overwhelming demand in the West End and beyond. The book’s 420 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!”

Origin Table of contents and more information

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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