In the spring of 2000, I visited MPR’s classical music station, KWRV 91.9, in Sun Valley, Idaho for the first time. When I made my second trip in the fall of that year, I decided to drive the rental car from Sun Valley to Bozeman, Montana and visit my ex-wife’s Uncle Bill and Aunt Maggie. Uncle […]
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Comments Off on March 31, 2023 It was in 2001 that I first noticed an old man kind of shuffling towards Wimmer Hall where the studio of Minnesota Public Radio is located. His bib overalls were covered with saw dust. I stopped and introduced myself. I asked him what he did on campus and he responded in a gruff voice, “My […]
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Comments Off on March 24, 2023 Today is Saint Patrick’s Day. The song “Oh Danny Boy” is a very popular Irish song. Malachy McCourt wrote a book titled “Danny Boy. “The Legend of the Beloved Irish Ballad”. The tune, known as the “Londonderry Air”, originated in the northern most county of Ireland. The story goes that sometime in the 1600s, Rory Dall […]
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Comments Off on March 17, 2023 In January I got a phone call from a fellow in Upsala. They were looking for someone to be the treasurer of the Upsala Area Historical Society. I had a bit of history with the organization, since they own the Borgstrom House in Upsala and that is where they keep the artifacts that represent the […]
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Comments Off on March 9, 2023 I am in the habit of listening to a podcast every morning with my first cup of coffee. The host highlights important birthdays and other anniversaries and ends the broadcast by reading a poem. One day a few years ago, the poem was “Yard Sale”, by George Bilgere, the first line of which is “Someone is […]
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