Good morning from Collegeville, Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born on this day in 1835. He is better known by his pen name Mark Twain. His family moved to Hannibal, Missouri when he was 4 years old. When he was 16 he began working as a typesetter and contributor of articles and humorous sketches for the […]
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Comments Off on November 30, 2012 Good morning from Collegeville, Next week we will celebrate Thanksgiving Day in the United States. “In Canada they celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October. It is also observed in Liberia, Puerto Rico and on Norfolk Island. In the US, the modern Thanksgiving holiday tradition is commonly traced to a 1621 celebration at Plymouth […]
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Comments Off on November 16, 2012 Good morning from Collegeville, One of Barby’s daughters lives in the country so they are able to have chickens. They clean up all of the leftovers and there are fresh eggs every day. When we were on a camping trip this summer we sat around the fire and tried to think of all of the […]
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Comments Off on November 9, 2012 Good morning from Collegeville, In January of 1971 I went to my city council meeting in Coon Rapids to complain about snowmobiles running up and down the streets in my neighborhood. I came to the conclusion that I could do better than those who were representing us. I told my neighbors that I had the […]
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