July 24, 2009
Good morning from Collegeville,
On Monday the 13th, I climbed into my rust-free 2004 Bonneville with 185,575 miles on it and headed west to visit Aunt Maggie in Bozeman, Montana. 967 miles later I pulled into The WB Lazy M Ranch. (Working Bill, lazy Maggie) Aunt Maggie has a sign in her kitchen that says “The only reason I have a kitchen, is because it came with the house.”
Maggie was a model in LA, one time owned an antique shop in North Hollywood, California and her house is filled with treasures from the past. She recently found a box with 49 Barbie dolls in it. I found a box in the barn and we had a fun time unwrapping the 1985 newspaper pages wrapped around one item after the other. One of the items was a 1925 Montana license plate.
I was on a mission to pick up a chair that belonged to my children’s great-great grandparents. When Barby and I were there last summer, we did not have room for the chair, hence the trip. I found a wonderful golf bag and a fly fishing pole that had belonged to Uncle Bill. I hope to find some place to learn fly fishing this winter and plan to return to Montana to catch trout in the Gallatin River which in only a few miles from Aunt Maggie’s ranch. We drove “up” to Cinnamon Lodge for supper which is on the Gallatin close to West Yellowstone. A beautiful drive.
The show this week is another compilation of shows presented last November at The Fitzgerald Theater. Special guests include Pert’ Near Sandstone, Kristin Andreassen and Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele. Maria Jette sings a song for Swedes, “O Vermeland”. Enjoy the show.
“The central purpose of each life should be to dilute the misery in the world.” Karl Menninger
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