In case you missed me, I was at “the cabin” last week. In 1981, my younger brother Brian and his wife Jean Marie Hamilton purchased a lot on a lake near Aitkin. It was “Lot 1” of the development and the first lot that was purchased. The lake is a small “natural environmental” lake with […]
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Comments Off on August 29, 2025 It has been four years since the death of my ex-wife Marcia Julia Rudie Osberg. We were married on August 21, 1965. I could have gone to see the Beatles at Metropolitan Stadium that day, but I got married to Marcia at St. Olaf Catholic Church in downtown Minneapolis instead. The wedding reception was held […]
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Comments Off on August 15, 2025 “The city of Upsala Minnesota had its beginnings as a settlement of Swedish immigrants. It remained primarily Scandinavian (and Protestant) well into the 20th century, even though German and Polish neighbors were located in surrounding areas. Some of the first settlers in the area, however, were not Swedish, but Danish. Jurgen (J.J.) Schultz cleared land […]
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Comments Off on August 8, 2025 I am not a shopper. I am a buyer. In April of 2018 I fell while crossing a creek in Sedona, Arizona. That was the beginning of my back pain. I noticed that my mattress had a sag in it, so I went to Slumberland and ordered a new mattress. The salesperson scheduled the delivery […]
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