All Photos and Videos by Tom
Posted on 4/6/20 by Tom Mattson. April 29, 2009. What happens when a flu epidemic hits a city of 20 million people, and authorities fear a pandemic? Sunday—Before I take my second step off the bus in Mexico City inbound from Acapulco, a waiting police officer hands me a face mask. Before I can decide…
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What would you do if you meet a man who was an eyewitness to a revolution that’s been in the history books for half a century already? Ask the witness questions, I believe. And perhaps inquire if he’s ever been interviewed before. “No, I haven’t,” he may tell you—in his own language, Spanish.
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“Another Amazing Biwabik Class Celebrates Reunion at Minnesota’s Heralded Ski, Golf and Mountain Biking Resort, Giant’s Ridge.” Tom Mattson’s tiny, nearly-candid camera captured fragments of the hullabaloo, including Emcee Denny Hogan, Alvan Traffie, Allen (Tiz, Tizzie) Gislason, Phillip (Fippy) Dane and Joe Jacklovich. The introduction to the previous video blog (Class of 1961), makes note…
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Judy Little invited Tom Mattson to be a guest at her class’s 50th reunion in 2011 at Giant’s Ridge. He in turn was accompanied by a state-of-the-art pocket camera. This blog shows the video segments that his nearly-candid camera captured. Meanwhile, Judy and many others urged Tom to write stories while he ventured forth around…
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