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Good foggy morning from Collegeville,

Rain, rain, rain. Hopefully today will bring some sunshine. The first Sunset Stages event had to be moved inside to The Colman Theater last night. Bill and Kate Isles were great. They met at Bill’s CD release party in 2001. She had heard him being interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio earlier in the day. Sitting down to a cup of coffee led to a marriage and a duet team. Besides Kate and Bill there is a fiddle player and a bass player who is 15 years old. Sarah has been playing with the group for a year. I was very impressed with her skill. The standup bass was taller than she is. Check their schedule on the web at billandkateisles.com Next week Keri Noble will perform on Friday night at 7:30, hopefully outside, in the Darnell Amphitheater on Campus at College of St. Benedict. See you there.

Grandson Willie, age 5, joined the Osberg men’s fishing trip earlier this month and if you can get your hands on the Wadena newspaper you will see a picture of myself and Willie with a couple of smallmouth bass that we caught on a lake near Walker. We stayed at Brindley’s Harbor Resort on Leach Lake and a good time was had by all. A cold front had come through on Friday, so we had to work hard. If you have time, go to my son’s website: theoutdoorreport.com for a story on Erik’s first gig as a fishing guide. Funny stuff.

The APHC show this week is live from the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois. Special guests include Ivy League country singer Robbie Fulks, mezzp-soprano Jennifer Rivera, public radio’s only in-house blues singer, Hilary Thavis and vocalist Lynn Peterson. Note: The absence of a female singer last weekend was noticeable to me anyway. Enjoy the show.

“If you can do more, you should.” Robert Redford