Pam Schmid
@pamschmid
St. Paulite. Words are my medicine. 📚 Find me: Barren Magazine, Belleview Literary Review, River Teeth, The Common, more. 🏀go Lynx🏀
My many-colored days: the sights and smells of the St. Paul Farmer's Market, gratitude for city life and everyone who keeps it humming and vibrant.
Twin Citians, if you haven't yet tried the sweet potato gnocchi at Indigena by Owamni, what are you waiting for?
Here in St. Paul, we see every slowdown as an opportunity. (JOIN us!) ✊️✨️
Here in St. Paul, they actually get that less is more and that elegance beats apocalyptic tackiness. 🎆
One year ago today, tens of thousands of Minnesotans descended on the state Capitol despite an ongoing manhunt for the assassin of Melissa and Mark Hortman. We grieved but didn't let fear stop us then, and we haven't let it stop us in the year since. #minnesotastrong
Word on the street in St. Paul: GOP WAR = $$$ GAS ⛽️🚗 #StPaulVisibilityBrigade
A good day for democracy, here in St. Paul. So many honks and waves did my heart good. 🩵💪🇺🇸
That message over I-35E in St. Paul sure hit the 🎯. Have never heard so many honks in the space of an hour. 🚗🚗
I have to say, waking up at 4 a.m. to the sound of howling wind and hearing that wind continue to howl (and howl! and howl!) is the cherry on top of the fragile psyche cake.
Hey world, Operation Metro Surge isn't over. Nearly 1,000 🧊are still here, thousands still sheltering in place, rent is coming due & mutual aid networks are running out of funds. We need more people and companies to step up. Please don't forget about Minnesota. (photo taken over I-35E in St. Paul)
What's a little 5 below wind chill? Still fighting the good fight in St. Paul. ❄️✨️
The view over I-35E in St. Paul on Sunday. The ice sculpture is gone, but the sentiment behind it isn't going anywhere. 🔥 ✨️✨️
It wasn't a sign. It was a gorgeous ice sculpture. Here it was in all its splendor -- before it was desecrated.✨️
You are right, of course. This has been my therapy these past many months:
This was how more than 60 of us channeled our collective heartbreak and fury today -- bundled up on a bridge in St. Paul, taking sustenance from each other and the hundreds (thousands?) of supportive honks from passing motorists. ✨️We the people✨️ will have the final say.✊️✊️
Chopped a bunch of ice to smithereens today. It was extremely satisfying🧊💦
Minnesotans, hundreds of us, visited and left flowers at the makeshift shrine on Portland Avenue where Renee Nicole Good's life was cut brutally short at the hands of ICE -- a moving and tender display of love at a place of such senseless loss.💔🕯