September 2, 2011
September 2nd, 2011 by Gary Osberg
Good morning from Collegeville,
Bass fishing was pretty good on Cedar Lake last Friday. It turned out to be a beautiful day, sunny and not too hot. We no longer use live frogs and a number 2 hook. Now we use jigs with a plastic worm. Erik did earn the dollar for the first fish and the biggest fish, but I forgot to pay up. Of course it is strictly, catch and release. We were the only fishing boat on the lake. There is a lot for sale on the south side, but you would have to cross the highway to get to the lake.
Erik did take a look at the cabin near Akeley, but we are going to pass. It is over two hours drive from St. Joe and I am getting too old to worry about another place to take care of. I told Dan that when he gets ready to list the property I would include the hot link in this weekly note. You will never find a place with nicer neighbors.
I turned 68 on Tuesday and except for an occasional muscle ache, all seems to be well. All 20 members of the MPR top management team were here on Monday to tour the studio and get a feeling for where it all began in January of 1967. It is a great organization to be a part of and I don’t plan to leave any time soon. I simply don’t have enough hobbies to retire.
The show this week is a broadcast of the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand show from this evening. There may still be tickets available. Special guests include the Minneapolis twang-rock heroes The Jayhawks and singer-songwriter-fiddler Sara Watkins. Both of the sound effects guys, Tom Keith and Fred Newman will be there along with the giant summer squash champions. If you can’t be there in the grandstand, then tune in at the regular times. If you need a map of the MPR stations, let me know and I will mail it to you.
Have a great Labor Day weekend.
“The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.” Walter Scott (1771-1832)
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