http://www.garyosberg.com Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:57:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Good morning from Collegeville,  2008 is history.  Not a great year in some ways.  My mother passed on in January and that kind of set the tone.  The good news is she will never be forgotten.  My 403-B has suffered but I still have a job.  I really never planned on quitting ... http://www.garyosberg.com/general /january-2-2009/ Good morning from Collegeville,  Six days until Christmas.  I found the last stocking stuffer yesterday, so I have only one more gift to buy.  I need something for the littlest granddaughter, Leah.  Perhaps I can find something in the campus bookstore.  Children love Christmas, as well they should.  As with most ... http://www.garyosberg.com/general /december-19-2008/ Good morning from Collegeville,  No more “Morning Show”.  Yesterday was the final broadcast of “The Morning Show” with Dale Connelly and Jim Ed Poole.  It was a live broadcast from The Fitzgerald Theater with standing room only.  I was not able to be there but a friend of mine and his ... http://www.garyosberg.com/general /december-12-2008/ Good morning from Collegeville,  Cold!  Not much snow, but the old bank thermometer showed 10 degrees in Monticello this morning.  It is hard to believe that Christmas is less than three weeks away.  We always purchase a live tree from Ace Hardware in Monticello the day after Thanksgiving and it is ... http://www.garyosberg.com/general /december-5-2008/ Good afternoon from Collegeville, All is quiet here on campus.  It is a very nice day, almost 40 and some sun.  “Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go…”    Well, not really.  Barby and I are going to the 5th Avenue Grill at The Radisson in downtown ... http://www.garyosberg.com/general /november-26-2008/ Good morning from Collegeville,  Had there still been some pumpkins out there, the frost would have been quite thick.  The twin lakes at the entrance to St. John’s are frozen over.  One morning there was a lone goose walking on the ice trying to figure out his next move.  Why was ... http://www.garyosberg.com/general /november-21-2008/ Good morning from Collegeville,  We have not seen the sun for a long time. In this neck of the woods,  November is usually the cloudiest month of the year.  I feel for those who suffer from SAD.  I remember the time that after many, many days of no sunshine, the CEO ... http://www.garyosberg.com/general /november-14-2008/ Good morning from Collegeville,  What a week!  The people have spoken and hopefully we can all get along.  The problems we face are too grave to not try very hard to work together.  I just hope they get a dog from the pound instead of a puppy.  The carpet and rugs ... http://www.garyosberg.com/general /november-7-2008/  In the winter of 1969 our peace and quiet was constantly being disturbed by snowmobilers running up and down the residential streets in Coon Rapids.  I attended a council meeting to raise the issue and I came away thinking, “I could do better than that”.  I was 26 years old ... http://www.garyosberg.com/general /october-31-2008/ Dad served in the Pacific during World War II.  Like a lot of veterans, he did not talk about it very much.  After he died I found a book that he had written some notes in, beginning with, “I have a closet full of regrets”.  It was an unusual collection ... http://www.garyosberg.com/general /october-24-2008/