October 23, 2009
October 23rd, 2009 by Gary Osberg
Good morning from Collegeville,
The brother-in-law is doing just fine. They are already in their winter home in Sun City West in Arizona. They bought a house last year “lock-stock-and-barrel”. Houses are priced right in the Phoenix area. They were pleased to see that they had “summerized” the home properly. Mineral Oil in all of the traps instead of anti-freeze like we have to do. Weird.
For those of you who are “history buffs” you should plan on a trip to St. John’s Great Hall. As part of the celebration of 150 years since they arrived, Brother Linus started a process of gathering old photos and putting them on display in the Great Hall. Now, they have hung many of them on the hallway walls in the Quad. This morning I discovered photographs of the Abbotts, beginning with Abbott Rupert Seidenbusch, who was born in Munich, Bavaria in 1830. There have been ten Abbotts and only one football coach since the inception of St. John’s. The photo lineup of Abbots is in the hallway between the Great Hall and the Alumni Lounge. Check them out.
The show this week is live from the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul. Special guests include broadcast news veteran Harry Smith, of CBS fame. Some old friends, the boot-stomping, fiddle-plucking, heart-breaking Old Crow Medicine Show, honky-tonk heroes, Robin and Linda Williams will entertain as well. Tomorrow would be a great day to get in the rush line for the seats on the stage. First come, first serve.
Sherman Alexie was on Mid-Morning with Kerri Miller this week and last night he appeared on The News Hour on PBS. check it out at www.newshour.pbs.org
“He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.”
Sherman Alexie
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