April 15, 2011
April 15th, 2011 by admin
Good morning from Collegeville,
The trip to Arizona was wonderful. Sun City West is a very special place. To be able to walk out in the backyard and pick an orange off of a tree, peel it and eat it on the patio with the juice dripping down your chin, ahh! , it doesn’t get any better than that.
A fellow that helped me to win my one and only run for public office called me on my cell and the four of us met for breakfast at a golf course cafe. When I started going door to door in the 3rd ward of Coon Rapids, I met a fellow working in his yard. I knew that my opponent lived in the neighborhood and the stern look on Loren’s face led me to believe that he was going to give me a tough time for trying to defeat his current councilman. On the contrary, Loren was more than willing to help me to win the election. He and his wife Mary became good friends. The last time I saw them was at my son’s wedding in 2001. The internet is a wonderful tool.
On the way to Sedona we stopped in Anthem to have lunch with Mary and Roger. Mary had my job in Rochester and like my sister, they also have a child who moved to Arizona hence they bought a retirement home. They really stole it, but the price of homes in that area are a good deal for now. Roger says that there are more good deals to be made in Anthem.
Sedona was beautiful and you really should put “Visit Sedona, Arizona” on your bucket list. The stay at The Lodge At Sedona was special as usual. We left Sedona on Thursday morning and on Saturday, Highway 179 from the freeway in to Sedona was closed due to snow.
The show this week is a live broadcast from the historic Town Hall in New York City. Special guests include the Portsmouth progenitor of Blues, Folk and Country Music, Tom Rush and the usual cast of characters. Enjoy the show.
In case you missed the broadcast of Midday when Garrison interviewed John Thorn about baseball, you can listen on the APHC website, www.prairiehome.org Of course you also can pick up last weeks show in case you missed that.
“What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult to each other?” George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) 1819-1880
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