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Good rainy morning from Collegeville,

What does it mean when the rain drops leave bubbles in the puddles?  It seems to me that we should expect an all day rain.  This area has been blessed with quite a bit of rain, unlike the Twin Cities area, so it is nice and green out there. 

Last Friday two English majors were married in St. Cloud.  On Saturday Barby and I went to the reception on a small estate in rural Sauk Rapids.    The bride teaches English with Barby at the ALC School in Buffalo.  The groom teaches at SCSU and he is applying for a doctorate program.  We were greeted by the bride in her gingham dress and cowboy boots and her good friend Michael who had arranged for the sign on the marquee at The Paramount Theater, announcing their “Day of Awesome” , the decorations at the reception and he was in charge of making the name tags.  He asked Barby if it was Barbie like the doll and Barby said, “No it is with a Y”. 

“Oh Snap”,  Michael replied, “The girl has her own doll”.   

The wind had died down and it was a delightful evening.  Each of the guests received a gift to remember the event by, a book mark with the brides five favorite books listed on one side and the grooms favorite books listed on the other.  Very creative.

The show this week is a mix of two Oklahoma shows with native Okie, legendary bluesman Elvin Bishop singing “Oklahoma Country Girl”, some foot-stomping barroom tunes from “The Hot Club of Cowtown” and Arlo Guthrie sings “Oklahoma Hills”.  Enjoy the show.   By the way, today is Garrison’s birthday. 

“All lovely things will have an ending, all lovely things will fade and die, and youth, that’s now so bravely spending, will beg a penny by and by.”  Conrad Aiken