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The forecast for the weekend is hot and steamy. Here in Minnesota we are very lucky to have the occasional cool breezes from the north. I sure hope that you will have a safe and fun Fourth of July week. The Joetown Rocks Parish Festival fireworks will be in my front yard once again, Tuesday night at 10:15.  This is behind city hall and the old Kennedy School on College Avenue.

Tomorrow afternoon the Osberg and Hagstrom clan will tee off at the Little Falls Country Club. Afterwards we will gather at brother Bill’s house for a summer picnic. We have been celebrating this family event for almost 35 years. One of my fondest memories is the year that we had Duke Hagstrom and Bill Osberg hit the first tee shot.  They were both in their 80’s. They both connected. At the 25^th anniversary we had Dad’s original golf bag with a few of the clubs still intact. My cousin Kevin Hagstrom and I won a lot in the early years, so we named our foursome “Ming”. Not so much lately. Maybe this will be our year. As the old man sang in “Fiddler on the Roof”, “tradition”.

This week Live From Here will conclude the season with a live broadcast from Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts; guests Lake Street Dive, Punch Brothers, and comedian Gary Gulman; along with the band — Aoife O’Donovan, Richard Dworsky, Alan Hampton, Alex Hargreaves, Julian Lage, and Ted Poor. Tune in for this season’s final Song of the Week from Chris Thile; comedy from the acting company, Serena Brook, Tim Russell, and Fred Newman. There will be one more look at what’s happening this summer with “Out. In. America” with Tom Papa; and your last chance for a few months to influence live radio with an Instant Song Request. Listen on your local public radio station, smart device or watch live (5:45pm to 8pm Eastern Time) at www.livefromhere.org or over on YouTube.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred with dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with the cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” Theodore Roosevelt