Sunday, November 29, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Nov. 22, 2009
10:25 a.m. Sunday, awaked by um pahs from downstairs. Stumbled down to see LaVona shadow dancing to Fezz Fritsche and the Goosetown Band. Hadn't heard his band since the early 50's when I was in high school and played trumpet with Vic Schmidt and His White Jackets out of Taylor ND. Vic loaned me a recording of Fritsche's band and said this is how I want our trumpets to sound. For my money, the best polka band ever.
www.internationalpolka.com/fritsche.htm
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Nov. 20, 2009
At Jeff's Studio during tonight's St. Cloud art crawl, LaVona danced with our former dentist in front of her watercolorsand drawings.
Nov. 19, 2009
Tom Bakk came to town today in pursuit of the Democratic nomination for governor. Not much of an audience, an out-of-work carpenter and a retired teacher, but he spent an hour with us, talking about Minnesota issues, especially unemployment. He didn't buy my coffee nor did he ask me for a campaign donation. A big guy from the Iron Range where, he said, the economy trumps social issues (read abortion and gay marriage).
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Nov. 13, 2009
This is St. Cloud Technical College's first basketball team ever. Without a gymn, they practice at the Whitney Recreation Center. Without a budget, they stage bake sales and car washes.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Nov. 11, 2009
The red/white stripes of the US flag on the sign of our neighborhood Halel market were recently painted over. At the right corner is the flag icon of Somalia.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Nov. 7, 2009
Gordon (left) and Lowell Mortrude are brothers, both retired from the university faculty. Lowell and I taught together in Denmark in 1984. For the record, the hometown Huskies defeated the Mavericks 26-21.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
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Dec. 28, 2007
In the waning years of WW II, we were living in Rockville Center, Long Island, I was about 12 and dad was dying of a brain tumor. Mom said NYC was no place for a widow to bring up a child, so she packed us up and we took a train to her childhood home in Detroit Lakes Minnesota. That's where she met and married this widower. He was a clothing salesman and outdoorsman.
Dec. 27, 2007
Hamburger at Petes Place