Tools of the trade:

AP Stylebook. The journalist's bible now online. 

Apple. Get a Mac!

Babel Fish Translation. Desidero che potrei parlare Italiano.

Britannica Online. Some people still love the books. Not me.

Canon. Always something new, unfortunately.

The Chicago Manual of Style Online. Indispensable and searchable.

Franklin Covey. I still record my days on the original two-page-per-day paper calendar.

Merriam-Webster Unabridged. I love books, but this is so much more efficient.

iPassepartout. Find anything on your Mac fast. Works with Leopard.

Things and people I like:

Artists’ Quarter. The great St. Paul basement jazz club. Our other second home.

Carleton College. Where I learned to write. Thank you, Owen Jenkins, Jim McDonnell, Keith Harrison, Bob Tisdale, Harriet and Phil Sheridan, Vern Bailey....

Crossing Borders Studio Tour. Enjoy the fall colors on Lake Superior’s north shore while meeting fine craftspeople like Dick and Debbie Cooter, Mike and Tonder and Jody Friej-Tonder, and Lee and Dan Ross in their studios.

Custom Woven Interiors Ltd. Kelly Marshall makes beautiful and durable handwoven textiles—rugs, throws, place mats, upholstery. Visit her studio in the Northrup King Building in northeast Minneapolis.

Dakota Bar and Grill. The elegant Minneapolis jazz club. Our second home.

Don Berryman Consulting. My Web site designer and friend. An encyclopedic knowledge of jazz.

Doxikota Miniature Dachshunds. Where we got Carmen, formerly known as Karma, a.k.a. the Red Devil, the Red Rocket, Carmen Miranda, Carmen McRae, and Nine Pounds of Spring-Loaded Action.

The Grand Hand Gallery. Owner Ann Ruhr Pifer likes a lot of the same artists and craftspeople we do.

Jazz Police. Don Berryman’s terrific jazz and travel site.

JazzINK. Andrea Canter's terrific jazz site.

Jazz88 FM. Our local independent jazz station. Listen online.

KFAI. Radio without boundaries, independent and feisty. Listen online.

Michael Knott. One of my favorite jewelry artists. If Duke Klassen and LaDes Glanzer had a Web site, I’d include it here, too.

Minnesota Potters of the Upper St. Croix River. Take the tour. Meet the potters. Buy pots.

Momentum Photo. Motorsports photography by my handsome, talented, brilliant, entertaining, Mac genius, motorcycle-riding son, Jonah Klevesahl.

Northern Clay Center. Our amazing and unique local center for the ceramic arts.

Alex Packer’s Paris Apartment. The perfect place to stay in the City of Lights.

Susan Perry. An excellent writer (and good friend) who specializes in health and medicine. Author of several books. I’m probably an idiot for listing her on my site.

Punch Design Inc. Rick Korab, talented and patient designer of my logo, stationery, and business cards.

The Rake: Secrets of the City. Everything worth knowing about and going to in Minneapolis-St. Paul.

The Writer’s Almanac. Sign up to receive the Writer’s Almanac by email and start each day with a poem. It can’t hurt.

Memberships and Service:

If you enjoy the arts, support the arts in whatever way you can.

Member: International Association for Jazz Education, Minnesota Public Radio, KBEM, KFAI, Twin Cities Public Television, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Walker Art Center,Northern Clay Center, Dakota Jazz Club. Service: Board member, Soul Mountain Retreat, Dakota Foundation for Jazz Education. Committee member: KFAI Fundraising Committee. Past: Minnesota Sur Seine, Under the Radar Foundation.