October 2nd, 2015 by Gary Osberg
Good morning from Collegeville,
We had a great time at the Fitzgerald Theatre last Saturday. Garrison did a wonderful job. You can get in the rush line at noon today and get a seat on the stage.
Finding a hotel room in Duluth is always tough this time of year so, my grandson, Walleye Willie, got up at 3:30 Sunday morning to ride with his dad to Duluth to try for a Lake Trout. He now has only “Muskie” on his bucket list of 10 fish species to catch this summer.
A picture is worth a thousand words and a video is worth even more. By the way if you know anyone who needs a video for their website, I recommend Erik Osberg with Whiskey Creek Media. 218-639-3130. If you want to chase lake trout on Lake Superior, call Chris Larson at 218-780-4904. Enjoy the video. The young man says “Thank You” twice. He must have great parents. https://youtu.be/hYIXvq5uNXs
The APHC show this week is another live broadcast from The Fitzgerald. Special guests include The California Honeydrops, The Cactus Blossoms and Christine DiGiallonardo is on hand to sing duets with the host. The usual cast of support will be on hand. Enjoy the show.
If you are in St. Cloud tomorrow night, you can attend “Autumn Moon”, the annual fund raiser for The Paramount Arts Center. Cocktail hour starts at 6 pm and comedian Wendy Liebman performs at 8. Dancing on the stage is from 9:30 until whenever. I do have a voucher for a couple of tickets if you can meet up with me at The Local Blend in St. Joe.
“I have come to realize that people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Abraham Lincoln
September 24th, 2015 by Gary Osberg
Good afternoon from Collegeville,
Quotations are a great way to get an idea across or to remind ourselves and others just what is important. Many years ago a friend of mine published “A Collection of Inspiring Thoughts” subtitled “For Business & Professional People”. Every week I try to find a quotation to use at the end of this blog. I use a copy of Norm’s booklet and record when I use one of my favorites.
For 22 years I sold office furnishings beginning with General Office Products in 1972. One of our suppliers carried a calling card with a quote on the back of the card. Ron measured offices for carpet installation and his company was not the cheapest, but they did great work. The card read:
“The bitterness of poor workmanship remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten” Longfellow
Today, I found out that it was not Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, but Benjamin Franklin who said that. It goes to show that checking your sources is always the thing to do. Thanks to the English major who thought to look it up before printing.
An article in USA Today about the passing of Yogi Berra is full of his best. “When you get to a fork in the road, take it” is one of my favorites.
The APHC show this week is live from the Fitzgerald Theatre and we will be in the audience. Special guests are singer songwriter Sierra Hull and Heather Masse will sing a few duets with the host. You can watch it at prairiehome.org.
“You should always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise, they won’t come to yours.” Yogi Berra
September 21st, 2015 by Gary Osberg
Good morning from Collegeville,
My grandson, William Harley Osberg, “Walleye Willie”, age 6, created a list of 10 fish species that he wanted to catch this summer. He sleeps with a ‘fish pillow’ and he reads the Bass Fishing magazine every month. It helps that his dad loves to fish and they live close to lake country. This week Walleye Willie caught number 8 on his list. Now only Lake Trout and Muskie are left on his bucket list. Here is the lad doing battle with his Cat Fish.
http://theoutdoorreport.com/#.Vfme8eGlxhk.email
The APHC show this week is the kick off of the new season at The Fitzgerald Theatre in downtown St. Paul. JD McPherson will burn up the airwaves with rock’n’roll and R&B straight from Northwest Oklahoma. There will be some fresh comedy and drama from the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott and Fred Newman. Garrison will bring us up to date on the News From Lake Wobegon. If you can’t get a seat in the theatre, you can simply hang out on Exchange Street at 5 PM and listen to the broadcast. The traditional meatloaf supper will be served at 6 pm and the street dance will start at 7, right after the show ends or you can watch it live at prairiehome.org.
“You can’t catch a fish from your couch.” Gary Osberg
September 11th, 2015 by Gary Osberg
A sad day of remembrance.
“Their seed shall remain forever, and their glory shall not be blotted out. Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore.” Ecclesiastics
The APHC show this week is the final rebroadcast of the summer. Next week is the annual Street Dance and Meatloaf Supper. This week’s show was originally broadcast from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee in May of 2014. Special guests include Brad Paisley singing an ode to the substrata and tectonic plates of the Cumberland Plateau, Sturgill Simpson and band perform “Turtles All the Way Down” and Sam Bush and Stuart Duncan team up on “My Little Girl in Tennessee”. Plus, Brian Dan Christensen joins in on a few Elvis tunes. In the News From Lake Wobegon, fishermen return to their pursuit of the famous walleye, “Old Pete”. Enjoy the show. Be kind.
August 28th, 2015 by Gary Osberg
Good morning from Collegeville,
“Welcome Class of 2019” This was the sign yesterday at the entrance to the St. John’s University campus. The Sexton Commons fountain area had tables set out with coffee, juice and plates of cookies fresh from the bakery. For many this was a family affair. Most young men and women were accompanied by one or both of their parents. In the fall of 1961 I arrived on campus of the University of Minnesota, Main Campus. Coming from a class of 33 in Upsala and going to a class of thousands was overwhelming. Ma had moved the family from Upsala to south Minneapolis, in part, to make it easier for me to attend college.
My two quarters at the “U” were a disaster. The Institute of Technology was certainly a bad choice. My worst performance was in English 101. Every week I would turn in the blue composition book and every week I would get a “D” or a “F”. Not paying any attention to Miss Krier in 11th and 12th grade English class had caught up with me.
The highlight of the fall of 1961 was the Gopher football team. They were coached by Murray Warmath and lead by quarterback Sandy Stephens. They compiled a record of 8 wins and 2 losses. On New Year’s day 1962, they beat the UCLA Bruins by a score of 21 to 3 in the Rose Bowl. When I came home to Upsala, defeated and broke, Bob Soltis nicknamed me “Murray” and he has called me “Murray” ever since.
The APHC show this week is a re-broadcast of a really old show which aired in June of 1994 from the grand re-opening of the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Special guests include The Everly Brothers singing “Blues Stay Away From Me”, Chet Atkins playing “Mystery Train” and music from Vince Gill, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Mark O’Connor. In the News From Lake Wobegon, the Whippets open their season and Garrison shares a few memories from the Grand Ole’ Opry’s last night at the Ryman. Enjoy the show.
“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts”. John Wooden
August 20th, 2015 by Gary Osberg
Good afternoon from Collegeville,
Today is a “10” on the beautiful weather scale. Yesterday I wore a sweater. Tomorrow is supposed to be even nicer. I am enjoying the summer but it is going by too fast. Happiness is sitting by the water fountain in front of Sexton Commons on campus of St. John’s University and soaking in the mid-day sun. I have attached a picture of our campus mascot.
In the February 27, 2006 issue of The New Yorker, there was an article on pursuing happiness. I try to read it once every month. It turns out that by nature we have been hardwired to emphasize the negative. Survival depended on being wary. “Call no man happy until he is dead” was the Greek way of putting it. According to positive psychologists, once we are out of poverty, the most important determinant of our happiness is our “set point”, a natural level of happiness that is largely inherited.
Ready for the secret of happiness? Here it is: Happiness is equal to our set point S, plus our life conditions C plus a bit of volunteer work, V “H=S+C+V”
If your set point for happiness is low, you may need to do more volunteer work. If you want a copy of the article on happiness, let me know.
The show this week is a rebroadcast of a show from the Brown Theater at the Wortham Theater Center in Houston, Texas originally broadcast in November of 2010. Special guests include The Quebe Sisters and their band showcasing some true Texas swing on Bob Will’s “Yearning” and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham sings “Ombra mai fu” from Handel’s Serse. Dusty and Lefty take an exam to renew their cowboy licenses along with a visit to the Café Boeuf Houston. In the News From Lake Wobegon, Myrtle Anderson tries to return to town 33 years after an embezzlement scandal. Enjoy the show and enjoy the weekend.
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” Marcel Proust
August 14th, 2015 by Gary Osberg
Good steamy morning from Collegeville,
‘Hot and humid’ is the forecast for central Minnesota today. If you go out in the corn field tonight you might be able to hear the corn growing and if you drive your pickup into the field and lay on your back, you may get a meteorite show at the same time. “Catch a Falling Star and put it in your pocket”, a line from a hit single by Perry Como in 1957, could happen. Many of the meteorites do land on earth intact. In 1920 one was found in Namibia that is estimated to weigh 60 tons. According to Wikipedia, the ‘Hoba’ meteorite is thought to have fallen 80,000 years ago.
The Yukon Golds are wonderful and the cherry tomatoes are starting to ripen. It is amazing how much flavor there is in a tomato grown in your backyard. I have learned to look forward to an ‘all vegetable’ Sunday supper. At the Good Earth Food Co-op you can purchase brats made from Yukon Gold potatoes. I am looking forward to a good squash crop this fall.
The APHC show this week is a rebroadcast of a show that was presented on November 13, 2010, at the St. Augustine Amphitheater in St. Augustine, Florida. Special guests include The Nashville Bluegrass Band , Jacksonville native, JJ Grey. Andra Suchy joins Garrison and the band for a Florida-centric take on “Sloop John B”. In the News From Lake Wobegon, Becky Beckman keeps a promise to her husband Bradley by taking his place on an annual deer-hunting trip.
Little Falls favorites, “Harper’s Chord”, will be performing at Pioneer Place on Fifth in downtown St. Cloud, with “Broken Fiddle”, on Saturday August 22nd at 7:30. Tickets and details at ppfive.com
“Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged on one thing: the result.” Vince Lombardi
July 31st, 2015 by Gary Osberg
Good sunny morning from Collegeville,
Another beautiful day in central Minnesota. In this neck of the woods, we get the clean low humidity air coming down from Canada every once in a while. Last weekend we were at a beach house north of Two Harbors and it was hot and humid with no breeze at all. The kids found the beach to be a fun place anyway. Next week I am going to the cabin for the week to swim and read books.
Tonight at 8:02 pm, the blue moon will rise in the eastern sky.
“The term has traditionally referred to an “extra” moon, where a year which normally has 12 moons has 13 instead. The “blue moon” reference is applied to the third moon in a season with four moons,[1] thus correcting the timing of the last month of a season that would have otherwise been expected too early. This happens every two to three years (seven times in the Metonic cycle of 19 years).[2] The March 1946 issue of Sky & Telescope misinterpreted the traditional definition, which led to the modern colloquial misunderstanding that a blue moon is a second full moon in a single solar calendar month with no seasonal link. Owing to the rarity of a blue moon, the term “blue moon” is used colloquially to mean a rare event, as in the phrase “once in a blue moon”. Source Wikipedia “
The APHC show this week is a repeat from April of 2011 at The Town Hall in New York City. Sarah Jarosz sings “Come Around”, Tom Rush plays “Drivin Wheel”, Shai Wosner performs Schubert’s “Impromptu Op. 90 No. 2” and Sutton Foster and Colin Donnell stop by for “You’re the Top” from Anything Goes. In the News From Lake Wobegon, Lyle watches over a tundra swan that has decided to be a dog. Enjoy the show.
There will not be a Friday note next Friday, since I will be on vacation.
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” Albert Einstein
July 23rd, 2015 by Gary Osberg
Good morning from Collegeville,
Today would have to be labeled as a “10” here in central Minnesota. Last Friday I was fishing for bass on Cedar Lake west of Upsala with my son Erik. I taught Erik how to catch bass on that lake when he was only two years old. Now there is a wonderful boat landing where Emie Hippe’s tavern used to be. We were able to get the DNR to post a sign noting it as “Hippe Landing”. Emie sold the property to the DNR for a bargain price because the American Legion put up a fence which cut off the path for a lot of her pop and candy customers that were camping at the American Legion camp ground next door. The legion opened their own store. Emie was a tough business woman who refused to sell Coca-Cola products because someone did not keep their word. During the war, her husband Ben had to drive to Brainerd to pick up the Coke. The distributor asked her husband Ben to not bring the empty bottles to them, but to hold on to them. After the war, the distributor would not take the empty bottles back, so Emie and Ben dug a deep hole and buried them. For over 50 years no Coca-Cola was sold at their store, only Pepsi and Dr. Pepper. Whenever a new driver was hired for the Coke Product delivery truck, someone would have to explain to the driver why he need not bother to stop at “Hippe’s Tavern”. After a while there was no outdoor sign anyway, so it may not have been much of a problem, unless the Pepsi truck was there when the new guy drove by. Always keep your promises no matter what.
The APHC show this week is a rebroadcast of show performed at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on June 1st 2002. Blues maestro Taj Mahal plays “Queen Bee”, western songwriter Stephanie Davis sings, “June is Bustin Out All Over’ and showbiz soprano Marni Nixon joins Garrison on “Wouldn’t it be Loverly”. Peter Ostroushko and Greg Leistz sit in with Rich Dworsky and The Guy’s All Star Shoe Band. In the News from Lake Wobegon, Sally Emmett gets married on the condition that it involves no Lutheranism whatsoever.
“In the best of institutions, promises are kept no matter what the cost in agony and overtime.” David Ogilvy
July 17th, 2015 by Gary Osberg
Good foggy morning from Collegeville,
‘Deuces Wild’ , Ted and Dave with their dueling pianos, are amazing. Last night was the final Sunset Stages event and even though it had to be moved indoors, it was a huge hit. They packed the Escher Auditorium with folks from ages 1 to 99. I have seen them once before in a night club setting, but they do have a family friendly performance also. If you did not get to any of the Sunset Stages events, check out the Sartell events at csbsju.edu/wow.
We are blessed with so many music festival events in Minnesota. Summertime by George got rained out Wednesday night, but the season runs into August. On August 12th one of my favorite groups ‘Harper’s Chord’ is opening for another favorite ‘Collective Unconscious”
Today and tomorrow the Riversong Music Festival is on in Hutchinson. Over 15 bands will perform live blues, rock, country, Americana and folk. There are lots of events for the kids. Check out their lineup at riversongfestival.org/schedule
In Alexandria you can take in a presentation of ‘Nature, a Walking Play’ by Theatre L’Homme Dieu, It is a story about Ralph Waldo Emerson’s and Henry David Thoreau’s love affair with nature. It opens on Tuesday July 21st and runs through Sunday the 26th. Kids 12 and under get in free. Check out their website at TLHD.ORG
The APHC show this week is a rebroadcast of a show from the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco performed January 12, 2013. Special guests include ‘Chanticleer’ and Sara Watkins. Dusty and Lefty wrangle with lawless Silicon Valley desperadoes. Garrison reveals thoughts on the perils of being a tall person and a terrible flu hits Lake Wobegon. Enjoy the show.
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” Nelson Mandela
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