Becketwood Cooperative
An Active, Independent 55+ Community of Owners in Minneapolis
 

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My Eighteenth Birthday

  By Elaine Churchill   December 7, 1941, was my 18th birthday. I was a senior in high school when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor that Sunday. It was morning and we were getting ready for church. My dad said, “Turn on the radio to get the temperature.” Instead of the weather, we kept hearing […] Read more

Cookie Cart Reflections

  By Judith Maddux, Co-Chair, Food Service Committee   Last Friday, there was a bit of a lull at the Cookie Cart. Maria Antonietta (my partner for the afternoon), was chatting with a member who had just paid for a cookie served on a bright orange napkin.  I was tidying up the cookie trays when […] Read more

A Short—But Mostly Accurate-–History of Becketwood

  By Randy Nelson   Becketwood began as the vision of the Episcopal Church Home Board, which determined in 1981 that there was a need for housing for those nearing retirement age, specifically persons 55 or older and that such housing should be a cooperative. A development committee of ten women chose an architectural firm […] Read more

The Day I Moved from Conscientious Objector to War Resister

By Steve Clemens   I’m not sure which Nixon speech it was. It happened near the end of 1971 or early in 1972. Once again, the President called for an escalation of the war in Vietnam. That day I received a letter from the Selective Service Administration (my draft board) asking me, I assume, to […] Read more

Public Art and Dakota Artist Marlena Myles

By Carol Masters   The Twin Cities are fortunate to have many expressions of public art in our buildings, neighborhoods, parks, and open spaces. Public art is not limited to galleries or museums; it is there for everyone, reflections of artists’ responses to our time and place and identity. Twice this fall, I encountered the […] Read more

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