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Good morning from Collegeville,

 I did get the garden planted last weekend and now it is raining.  I love it when a plan comes together.  My daughter has promised to help with the weeding and of course Cousin Tom is always there if I need to ask for help.  One year Auntie was able to get some seed potatoes from her cousin in Norway. 

 I am up to 31 miles per gallon doing 65 mph instead of 73.  I have yet to pay $4.00 per gallon, but I am sure that will be coming.  In any event, at least we will have some Yukon Gold potatoes and squash to enjoy this fall.

 I read Leif Enger’s new book, “So Brave, Young, and Handsome” on Memorial Day.  I called his dad Don Enger on Tuesday to tell him how much I enjoyed the book.  Don was our band teacher in Upsala in 1959.  One day he grabbed me in the hall and dragged me into the band room, set me down in a chair, stuck a tuba in my lap and said, “Blow”.   I refused.  I was a delinquent and proud of it and I wanted no part of being in a band.  Not cool.   Don is 83 and still very active taking pictures of hummingbirds in his back yard.  For more details on the book go to www.leif-enger.com  

 Another website that you may want to view is www.garyosberg.com    I will be posting all of my weekly notes on the website. It will take me a while to add some of the older ones.  For now simply visit if you wish and let me know if you see any mistakes.

 The show this week is a live broadcast from the Pan American Center at New Mexico State University.  Guests include D’ette and D’anna, honky-tonk heroes Joe Ely and Joel Guzman, Prudence Johnson, mandolin maestro Chris Thile and man of steel Joe Savage.  Enjoy the show.

 “Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”   Franklin Roosevelt   1882-1945