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Katya Reimann : 2020

Katya has been telling stories, building worlds, and creating the art to go with them for most of her life.  

The content of these pages reflect her diverse interests over time.

Local History

10/7/2016

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I've learned about this building by several names: the Paul Martin House, the Riverside Hospital, and now the Saint Paul German hospital.  This first picture is when it was the Saint Paul German Hospital.  I'm pretty sure it's significant that the date of this photo is ~1910.  After hostilities with the Germans and WWI--well, I'm guessing that that was when they renamed it.

The whole thing is gone today.  I'm not sure exactly when the building was pulled down, but it used to be a near neighbor.  It was a grand building, set on grounds that backed onto the West Side bluff of the Mississippi, to the south of the city as the river wends its way through St. Paul. 

It got an addition sometime before the 1930s.  Here's the same side of the the house, with the porch removed and the gracious arch balcony on the third floor where the nurses are standing (above), bricked in:
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And a final photo--this one dated to ~1888.  This was when the building was Paul Martin's private residence.  I wish I knew where north is in this photo!  Did that great tower face out over the river bluff, or did it stand in the opposite direction?
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There is only a single building of this grandeur in my neighborhood today, and the buildings all around--they are overshadowed by mature trees.  The culture that built this house--it is utterly vanished and gone. 
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Past Lives, circa 1991

10/6/2016

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Ah, the delightful grubbiness of it!

The English taking their club minutes seriously... How I ended up Secretary of this lot, I definitely do not remember.  But how very fortunate I was, to be a part of this club through the late 80s-early 90s, which was just a great, great time to be caving in the UK.  Some new technical advances meant a new level of descent had just opened up to a broader, perhaps more casual caver, and I got to visit (and indeed to explore) some amazing places, both magnificent and... scrofulous, as we-afterwards-in-the-pub-affectionately-called them.

Termcards dating back to 1959 (definitely before my time!) can be found here.

(drawing credit Tony Seddon, I believe)
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    Egyptian Falcoln at the MET

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    Sites I recommend

    These ones are maintained by long-time personal friends.

    William Reimann
    is a consummate artist.  There are so many images to enjoy on this site.  His carved wooden long-leaf red pine Rhinoceros (which he made for me when I was ~11 years old)  is a personal favorite.

    Starless River
    Is the U.K. based caving gear store run by serious hard-ass Tony Seddon. This link goes to the 'caves' section of the store's site--complete with alarming portrait photo of Tony ("After 7 days underground and 700m prussiking").

    The Oxford University 
    Cave Club
    Maintained by Steve Roberts, a guy who is extraordinary in so many ways, I'll just limit myself here to saying "Steve is a man who knows about motors."

    Bensozia
    John Bedell is an archaeologist, historian, and father of five living in Maryland. His blog is a fascinating grab-bag of historical, artistic, and political materials.  This entry about work and leisure gives a good example of his voice.

    Earthsign Studios
    This is Liz Manicatide (now Liz LaManche), principal at Emphasis Creative's personal art & graphics site.  I love Liz's work, panache, and aerial artistry, which leads me to-

    Flying Squirrel Consortium
    Phil Servita's site, and the place to go for custom fabricated circus equipment (either freestanding or fixed point), and aerial classes, if you happen to live in the area.

    Paul Nordberg
    Paul's site is... unique, authentic, & expressive, and pretty much exactly what I think of when I think of a website as an artform.

    Metro Bikes Trails Guide
    (St. Paul, MN)
    "Reviews and Reports on over 70 bicycle paths in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area!"
    Maintained by the tireless Seamus Flynn, and a great little site for those local to the Twin Cities area.

    Green Ivy
    I enjoy the Ukrainian/Russian artisanship on this website.

    Sites I enjoy

    I don't know these people, but I appreciate their work.

    What's That Bug?
    The title says it all.  A useful site for both the non-bug-phobic & the consummate bug-phobe.

    Margaret & Helen
    Best Friends for Sixty Years and Counting…

    Raging Grannies
    I'm not a grandmother (or raging!), but I appreciate this site.  Especially the fact-checking part.
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