July 1, 2011
July 1st, 2011 by admin
Good summer morning from Collegeville,
Hot and humid. The corn should grow another inch over night. They say that in August you can go into the corn fields during the middle of the night and hear the corn growing. My new garden in St. Joe is coming along slowly. I have to rope it off to protect it from the parked cars for the big concert this Sunday. Bobby Vee is playing his last Joetown Rocks. Fireworks are at 10 pm and the MLC Band starts to rock at 10:30 pm. I have yet to attend, since Barby’s daughter Alyssa has a 4th of July party that day every year. The church offers to put residents in the area up in a motel overnight due to the noise level so they must live up to their name.
The other big news in St. Joseph is the opening at 10 am today of the Minnesota Street Market in the old Loso Grocery building. The plan is to be open every day Monday-Saturday from 10 to 6. Minnesota Street Market is a food and art co-op providing local produce and products. They will feature organic and whole foods. They will be open this Sunday to take advantage of the crowd of visitors.
Aunt Maggie is doing just fine. It takes two days to drive out there and two days back but the ride was uneventful. The mountain peaks around Bozeman are still covered with snow and the contrast with the black spruce and the green grass is spectacular. The artists and camera fans must be having a great time. On Tuesday we drove up the Gallatin River to West Yellowstone for an ice cream cone. The river was running wild and the white water rafters were doing a booming business.
The show this week is the last live broadcast of the season. It will be coming to you from the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts. Special guests include Broadway actress Christine DiGiallonardo, Nickel Creek alum Sara Watkins, Gospel singing sisters Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele and Chris Thile on the mandolin. Enjoy the show. This summer the show can also be heard on Sunday evening from 6 to 8 on the news network of stations including KNSR 88.9 here in central Minnesota.
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” Mohandas K. Gandhi
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