August 5, 2011
August 5th, 2011 by admin
Good morning from Collegeville,
The cucumbers are very good. These are also from seeds that I purchased from the oldest seed catalog in the US. They even taste great after they have spent two days in the trunk of the car. The cherry tomatoes do have to be picked every day and the mosquitoes make that a little tough, since the ripe ones are way inside the huge plants. I did buy some very sturdy tomato cages from Ace Hardware in St. Joe that are holding up quite well. The flimsy ones are kind of a waste of money. Next week, Barby and I are going to a cabin near Ackley, so if you want some cukes and tomatoes, help yourself. The garden is north of the parking lot behind Millstream Shops and Lofts. It has white tape surrounding it.
On Saturday we attended our third outdoor concert of the summer. No root beer floats, but an awesome pork chop for me and Wok noodles for Barby. Two of the three acts that we caught were from Manhattan. Natalia Zukerman is the daughter of famous violinist and conductor, Pinchas Zukerman. I purchased her latest CD, “Gas Station Roses”, and there is not one bad song on the cd. I love it when I spend money on something and have no regrets. The other eastener was April Smith & The Great Picture Show. The organizers of the Riversong Music Festival do an awesome job of picking acts and the Masonic/West River Park in Hutch is a great place to have a festival. Put it on your calendar for next year and maybe they will add root beer floats.
Tomorrow we are going to my 50 year class reunion. Fifty years is a long time. We are going to gather at the newly built railroad depot in Bowlus. The home of Duane Bobick, the heavy weight boxer who won the Gold Medal at the Olympics. I think it was Ken Norton that took him out of the march to the title. It should be fun to compare notes with some of the 32 classmates that show up.
The show this week is another compilation of past broadcasts, this time from Town Hall in New York City. Special guests include the legendary Leon Redbone, troubadour Tom Rush, brother-guitarists Sergio and Odair Assad, young pianist Shai Wosner and a little taste of Broadway from the Stephen Sondheim Theater with Colin Donnell and Susan Foster.
“Out of quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry.” William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
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