July 8, 2011
July 8th, 2011 by admin
Good morning from Collegeville,
Another beautiful summer day in central Minnesota. Last weekend was awesome, three straight days of sunshine. The 26th annual Hagstrom/Osberg Golf Tournament was one of the best ever. My son and his friends built a hog roaster this past winter and he hauled it down to Brother Bill’s place in Little Falls and cooked a number of pork shoulders. A whole pig would have been too much pork. It is a state of the art cooker that has remote temp sensors and a built in fan that does all of the work. You load the charcoal and the meat and then simply wait 9 or 10 hours. Susan had placed a handmade sign near the cooker that warned folks, “DO NOT OPEN” or you would have to deal with SUSAN. (Susan is from Chicago and no one messes with Susan.)
Cousin Kevin and his brother Tom plus myself and Jeff Smith formed the MING DYNASTY team and as is tradition, we were the last team to come in. We were at 4 under on the ninth tee and we were positive that we had the trophy in hand. I actually looked like a golfer by shooting a very good approach shot onto the ninth green. Cousin Kevin, a scratch golfer, placed his shot inside mine and I sunk the putt for a par. We soon found out that Cousin Lynn, who like me, plays golf once a year, had sunk not one, but two twenty foot putts and her team was at 5 under par. Oh well, there is always next year.
The show this week is the first in the summer time compilations with bits and pieces from recent Cincinnati performances. Special guests include local boys Jake Speed and the Freddies, playing the “Queen City Rag”. Howard Levy joins Pat Donohue and The Guy’s All Star Shoe Band. Poet emeritus Billy Collins recites “The Hangover”. Enjoy the show and enjoy the festivals.
“Think like a person of action and act like a person of thought.” Henri Bergson
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