It was in 2001 that I first noticed an old man kind of shuffling towards Wimmer Hall where the studio of Minnesota Public Radio is located. His bib overalls were covered with saw dust. I stopped and introduced myself. I asked him what he did on campus, and he responded in a gruff voice, “My […]
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Comments Off on March 28, 2025 The second of my five careers was in office furnishings. I started working as a sales rep for General Office Products in 1971. Roy Utne was part owner of General Office Products. Shortly after I started working there, Roy called me into his office and said: “Osberg, if you get a 10 and a 2 […]
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Comments Off on March 21, 2025 Monday is Saint Patrick’s Day. The song “Oh Danny Boy” is a very popular Irish song. Malachy McCourt wrote a book titled “Danny Boy. “The Legend of the Beloved Irish Ballad”. The tune, known as the “Londonderry Air”, originated in the northern most county of Ireland. The story goes that sometime in the 1600s, Rory Dall O’Cahan, a […]
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Comments Off on March 14, 2025 In the spring of 2000, I visited MPR’s classical music station, KWRV 91.9, in Sun Valley, Idaho for the first time. When I made my second trip in the fall of 2000, I decided to drive to Bozeman, Montana and visit my Uncle Bill and Aunt Maggie. Uncle Bill was my wife Marcia’s mother’s half- brother. […]
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