July 5, 2019
Tomorrow is the 34th annual Hagstrom/Osberg Golf Open. We have this family tradition every year at the Little Falls Country Club on the second Saturday of July. My mother’s sister, Leone, Auntie to me, married Duane Hagstrom, owner of Hagstrom Chevrolet in Upsala, Minnesota. Between the two sisters there are 10 of us cousins. Auntie’s youngest, Kevin, is a very good golfer and for many years he and I won this best ball event every year. For that reason, we named our team ‘Ming’. After all, we were a dynasty. Not so much anymore.
There was a time when you had to use at least one drive and one putt for each of the team members. Now there are no such rules. There is a traveling trophy with the names of each year’s winning team engraved on a brass plate. Kevin and I are due. It has been a while. After golf we will gather at brother Bill’s house near the golf course for a picnic and the award ceremony. We are fortunate to have a number of traditions in our family.
I trust that your Fourth of July Celebration was a safe one. I decided to escape the fireworks in St. Joe and spent the night before the 4th here on campus at the Abbey Guesthouse. I highly recommend it. Very peaceful. The supper was awesome. Simply call Brother David at 320-363-2573.
Live from Here this week is a rebroadcast of an old show. The next live show is in two weeks at Green Music Center in Rohnert Park, CA. You can check it out at livefromhere.org
“What we do upon some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are; and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline.” H.P. Liddon
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