Street maintenance in St. Paul

I’m living through some very difficult times at the moment — our amazing, wonderful, beloved, funny, mischievous, loving Oma had a massive stroke several days ago in Vienna. Eric and Nathaniel are there right now, and Alex and I may well join them soon, depending on how things emerge. Prayers are appreciated!

In the meantime, I'm not getting any blogging done. I had to pass on this one piece of information, however, the 24 hour number for street maintenance in St. Paul: 651-292-6600. I called it myself late yesterday, to report horrible potholes along my daily commute, and was shocked -- in a wonderfully surprising way! -- to see the asphalt repair truck out there already this morning. Kudos to St. Paul street maintenance, and keep the number handy.