Last Sunday, a Celebration of Life was held for Robert E. Andrews at the Des Moines Country Club. My beautiful niece Logan and Chris got married on Saturday and I had a graduation party to attend on Sunday, so I could not be there. I am blessed with an older sister and four younger brothers. […]
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Comments Off on July 29, 2022 What a glorious summer day! Yesterday was even nicer. The winds switched to the north. One of the many blessings of living in Minnesota is that on occasion, we get a bit of cooler and dryer air from Canada during the summer months. My daughter’s garden in Upsala is doing great. The Yukon Gold potatoes […]
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Comments Off on July 22, 2022 Fisher’s Club is a restaurant next to a city owned swimming beach on the north shore of Middle Spunk Lake in Avon, Minnesota. George “Showboat” Fisher was a major league baseball player from 1922 until 1932. He played for the Washington Senators and the St. Louis Cardinals. He was 33 years old when he opened Fisher’s […]
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Comments Off on July 15, 2022 In the summer of 1955 I was 11 years old and we were living in St. Louis Park. My mother signed me up for bible camp. I have no recollection of where it was other than “up north”. I got so home sick, that an older couple was enlisted to drive me to Upsala and […]
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Comments Off on July 8, 2022 The 38th annual Hagstrom/Osberg Golf Open, H2O, will be held tomorrow at the Little Falls Country Club. My mother’s sister, Leone, Auntie to me, married Duane Hagstrom, co-owner of Hagstrom Chevrolet in Upsala, Minnesota. Between the two families there were 10 cousins. Auntie’s youngest, Kevin, is a very good golfer and for many years he and […]
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