Good morning from Collegeville, At 4:01 PM yesterday, I began my 69th year. I celebrated my birthday by going to Jordie’s Trail Side Café in Bowlus for a free meal. Jordie cooked a great cheeseburger and I got a dish of Schwan’s chocolate ice cream instead of French fries. The city has built a replica […]
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Comments Off on August 31, 2012 Good morning from Collegeville, I finally made it up to the Osberg/Hamilton log cabin on Blue Lake near Aitkin. The perennial garden project had not been tended to since November. I purchased a book on perennials since the plot has only eastern exposure and of course anything that I plant has to be deer resistant. […]
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Comments Off on August 24, 2012 Good morning from Collegeville, For most of the 70’s and 80’s I was fortunate to have a lake place on Cedar Lake west of Upsala. The closest cabin was a small log cabin that was fashioned after a Swedish homestead. The owner was a local boy who was a pioneer in research on essential fatty […]
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Comments Off on August 17, 2012 Good morning from Collegeville, Today would have to be a “10” weather wise. It is awesome when these days fall on a Friday and it looks like it will go into the weekend. My son and his wife are throwing their 3rd annual “thank you that no one was killed in the tornado block party” […]
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Comments Off on August 10, 2012 Good morning from Collegeville, There must have been quite the party at LaPlayette last night. The “walk of shame” count in the parking lot this morning was 4. The music wasn’t too loud, at least it did not wake me. Maybe they were watching the Olympics. In April of 1999, George Maurer did a tribute […]
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