Notebook
September 26th, 2014 by Gary Osberg

Good morning from Collegeville, Today is homecoming for the Upsala football team. In my day it was the Upsala Cardinals, but some time ago we merged with Swanville and now it is the USA (Upsala Swanville Area) Patriots. Some of my favorite memories of football games are in the mud. I was an overweight freshman […]

September 19th, 2014 by Gary Osberg

Good morning from Collegeville, The squash is looking good. I once had to pay $7 for a large Butternut squash at Target, so it is nice to see them just laying on the ground. There is nothing better than making Alyssa’s Vegan Squash Soup on a Sunday afternoon. The horseradish refuses to die, so maybe […]

September 12th, 2014 by Gary Osberg

Good morning from Collegville, It is a beautiful crisp morning here in central Minnesota. The temp fell below 40 degrees for the first time. Fall is just around the corner. My daughter has lots of Butternut Squash and loads of tomatoes in “our garden”. All I did was plant the Yukon Golds and the seeds […]

September 5th, 2014 by Gary Osberg

Good morning from Collegeville, I never have been much of a fisherman. When I was young, Dad was not around and besides, I was too busy as a juvenile delinquent getting into trouble in Upsala to care about fishing. Then in 1973 we bought a place on Cedar Lake west of Upsala and the next […]