I choose to come to work by the “back door”. I take County Rd 51 to County Rd 159 and drive past Lake Sagatagan. This morning it was like a Currier & Ives print. Hoar frost on all the trees. Tonight is the first night of music, food and beer at the third annual […]
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Comments Off on January 31, 2020 Two days ago we celebrated the 53rd anniversary of the first broadcast on KSJR 90.1 from here on the third floor of Wimmer Hall. The first words uttered by engineer Dan Rieder were, “Heed my words, Earth People. You have 10 minutes to live.” The first concert aired was a pre-recorded concert by the Cleveland […]
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Comments Off on January 24, 2020 When the family moved from St. Louis Park to Upsala in 1956, I did get out of having to do “detention” at Park Junior High school. My rebellious nature had already kicked in. That fall I started hanging out with other “town kids”. Note: The Upsala school population was divided into “farm kids” and “town […]
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Comments Off on January 17, 2020 Many years ago my Dad went to work as a dishwasher at Little Sisters of the Poor in St. Paul. His boss was a woman named Maxine. They became real good friends and her family referred to him as Grandpa Bill. Maxine and Dad never lived together, but they ended up living in the same high rise […]
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Comments Off on January 10, 2020 My son Erik is the “Rural Rebound Initiative Coordinator” for Otter Tail County. His job is to help spread the word about the benefits of living and working in Otter Tail County, the county in Minnesota with more lakes than any county in the state of Minnesota, maybe even the nation. Last year he was […]
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Comments Off on January 2, 2020 