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Gail Rosenblum

Columnist | Metro

Phone: 612-673-7350

Email: gail.rosenblum@startribune.com

Gail Rosenblum writes two to three columns a week on people, social issues, trends, and the complexities of human relationships.
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Cori & Amanda: Learning to let go

Yes, she is too old to have a nanny. But Amanda Ling, whose 16th birthday falls on Leap Day, isn't ready to leap into independence just yet. Neither is Cori Linehan.

Updated: February 20, 2012, - 03:30 PM

Groovy! Peter Max-inspired mystery solved!

It had to be his car. And it was.

Updated: February 11, 2012, - 07:13 AM

Rosenblum: Hey, Peter Max lovers: Did you paint this car?

Mike Mullen, who now owns the car, is dead set on finding them to say thanks and, probably, "What were you thinking?"

Updated: February 08, 2012, - 08:19 PM

Stan & June: To have and to hold

Stanton Berg guides his wife June's rolling recliner into the chapel of the Benedictine Health Center at Innsbruck in New Brighton for reflection and prayers. He is remembering for both of them now.

Updated: February 07, 2012, - 04:05 PM

Extended family finds shelter in a tiny home

For 26 months, Bobbie Anderson, 57, and Gerald Tomberlin, 70, have shared their 875-square-foot, two-bedroom home in south Minneapolis with a steady stream of relatives

Updated: February 05, 2012, - 12:16 AM

Angie & Susan: From grief, friendship

Angie Andresen was leaving Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis nine years ago when she saw a woman step slowly out of her car. In Susan, she recognized that familiar brand of grief, fresh and raw.

Updated: February 02, 2012, - 01:01 PM

Rosenblum: Two births worlds apart remind us how lucky we are

BIG news from our neighbors to the south.

Updated: February 01, 2012, - 08:44 PM

Larry & Denny: A friend steps forward

Larry Rolf and Denny Daniels are best friends and “ex-husbands-in-law,” united forever by a special woman.

Updated: January 31, 2012, - 01:01 PM

Mike & Dave: Brothers take it step by step

Mike and Dave Gair have walked around Lake Harriet every Sunday for two decades.

Updated: January 31, 2012, - 12:57 PM

Mike & Sue: Responding to responders

Mike Passig is one of 60 trained volunteer first-responders who reach out to peers traumatized by what they see on the job. Passig partners with Sue Johnston, 53, a Minneapolis social worker.

Updated: January 31, 2012, - 12:56 PM