from St. Paul. and Minneapolis. and finally Madison.

Students ask me for advice all the time. It’s in the nature of things. I get questions about everything, down to where to hold the wedding ceremony when the time comes.

I am not shy about giving it either. You asked for advice, now listen!

But about this Law School interlude – when you’re lost to the world for three years chasing a dream. Or the big bucks. Or both. Have we talked about how you should also be chasing friends? Now’s the time, L’s of all levels! Your chance at future happiness -- the people you meet and greet, the people you'll keep forever, far longer than the one whose wedding ceremony you fretted over.


I know I was to get up early today, to embrace the cold, or St Paul, or St Paul enveloped in the cold as well as in my embrace, but instead I stayed up late and got up late and before you know it, I was back on the runway, speeding up and over the city, no, sorry, Twin Cities, that I have come to recognize – meandering cities that can’t make up their minds which side of the river is theirs. So long Twin Cities! I love ‘em as one loves one’s honeymoon destination – the place where good things happen, the place where you are well cared for and loved.






Hey there, Madison, what do you have going for you? Prove your worth! I’m back home. Show me how good that can be. Please?