July 25, 2014
Good rainy morning from Collegeville,
Barby and I shared the very first Yukon Gold last weekend. I pulled a large weed that I had missed and the potato came with it. Even though I did not get them planted until very late, they are doing well. This year Kerry suggested that we get rid of the horseradish, so we had the farmer plow it under. With a lot of persistence on her part, the roots are dwindling. Now it is much easier to keep the weeds under control. I should have been up there last evening to run the tiller but instead I worked the MPR promo table at the last show of the Sunset Stages series on campus of the College of St. Benedict.
Robert Robinson and his group performed and they were the perfect way to end the season. Robert had all 500 or so folks on their feet singing the parts to his final number. He patiently taught the sopranos, altos and basses in order. When I left, there was still a line of fans buying his CD’s, autographed by Robert. Place this series on your calendar for next year. In early June simply go to csbsju.edu/finearts and the program highlights will be there. Three great organizations sponsor the event, Dr. Gustavo Pena and his new fitness center The Club on highway 23, D.J. Bitzan Jewelers and Collegeville Community Credit Union. Be sure to thank them when you visit their places of business.
The APHC show this week is another re-broadcast of a show originally performed June 30, 2007 at the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts. Special guests include James Taylor, violinist James Laredo, Sharon Robinson and Inga Swearingen. In the News From Lake Wobegon, the Hansen’s dove-breeding business goes awry.
“You are not merely here to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” Woodrow Wilson
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