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Good morning from Collegeville,

 The old maple tree next to the fountain on Sexton Plaza has some red and orange leaves.  It is hard to believe that Labor Day weekend is here already.  Last weekend Barby and I joined some Monticello friends at their cabin near Akeley.  Russ told me that the cabin next to theirs was more than likely going to be put on the market.  It is an old cabin without a foundation.  It is built on stacks of cement blocks.  The lot size is small and so the asking price was likely to be fairly low.  I caught the “cabin owning fever” and we spent some time dreaming and planning.  By the time we got home, the “fever” had subsided.  It is 146 miles from Monticello and the thought of “running up to the cabin” seemed like not such a good idea.  Arrowwood Resort seems like a better deal.  They bring you fresh towels every day and you don’t have to mow the lawn.

 The show this week is live from The Minnesota State Fair Grandstand.  It will be this recorded this evening at 8 PM and rebroadcast tomorrow and Sunday.  The Fair is celebrating the 150^th year of The Great Minnesota Get-Together.  Special guests include Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Mindy Smith, Peter Ostroushko and Andra Suchy.   The Monticello Six are going to be in row 17.  We hope to see you there.

For more details on the show and to listen to old shows, go to www.prairiehome.org

 Next Friday night the Lamont Cranston Band will be at the Carlos Creek Winery Grape Stomp Kick Off.  The grounds open at 6 PM and the show starts at 8 PM.  Booths will open at 10 AM on Saturday and at noon on Sunday.  I will be there working the booth on Saturday.  I do have some extra tickets for the Friday night show.  Simply respond to this email and let me know where to mail the tickets.  I also could use some help working the booth on Saturday from 6PM until 8PM. 

 “Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.”  Martin Luther King Jr.