November 20,2009
November 20th, 2009 by Gary Osberg
Good morning from Collegeville,
There is a heavy fog hanging over campus this morning. The forecast is for sunny and highs in the fifties. It is hard to believe that next week is Thanksgiving already. “Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go…” Now, grandmother has a townhouse in the city and there is hardly room for all of the family. My grandmother on my mother’s side owned a grocery store in Upsala, Minnesota, so Thanksgiving Day was a big deal. She would fix not one, not two but three entrees, turkey, roast beef and a small pork roast. My job was to fill the crystal glasses with ice and water from the cistern pump. “Gram” would always start out with a prayer and then an apology for the quality of the meal, “I don’t know why I keep doing this, I simply can’t seem to cook like I used to.” The food was delicious. I think that is where we got the Lutheran guilt from. Barby and I are planning on going to the Radisson Hotel in downtown St. Cloud for the second year in a row. It is quite the spread and the clean up is real easy, you simply walk away from the table. The kids always go to their in-laws and should any of them ever want to, they are welcome to join us. A new more contemporary tradition is born.
The show this week is a live broadcast from the historic State Theater in downtown Minneapolis. Special guests include Steve Wariner, singer song-writer Nellie McKay and Andra Suchy. Enjoy the show and have a happy Thanksgiving Day celebration and be sure to have a piece of pie. Thank you for all that you do for Minnesota Public Radio.
“I often ask myself, ‘What would be an ideal life?’ I think an ideal life would be just drawing.” William Steig, cartoonist and author of Shrek at age 83
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