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Good morning from Collegeville,

BRRR! Nine below zero on the Pontiac dash board display. The in-floor heat in the cottage is a little tricky to control but other than that it is a pleasant place to spend the winter. All because my Grandma’s mother, Anne Oien, received a letter from a man named Anderson, who wanted her to come to Minnesota from Norway to help him keep warm in his cot. If only she had got on the wrong train in Chicago and had ended up in Kentucky instead of St. Paul. Mr. Anderson would have found someone else to cuddle with and I would have been raising horses or at least shoveling manure in the sunshine.

A great oak fell yesterday. Nelson Mandela died South Africa at 95 years of age. He spent 27 years in prison and four years after he was released he was elected President of South Africa. The remarkable thing was that he was able to forgive his enemies. “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.” Nelson Mandela

The APHC show this week is a live broadcast from The Town Hall in New York City. Special guests include British rock n roller, Nick Lowe and actress Debra Monk, plus the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Sue Scott, Tim Russell and Fred Newman. The News From Lake Wobegon will remind us of who we are.

“A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.”
Nelson Mandela 1918-2013