Yesterday I asked Cathy, “when’s the kid back?” She suggested, quite reasonably, that I might look at the schedule on the refrigerator door. So I did. “JUNE 18 (TUESDAY) ARRIVE BACK HOME…(by about 10:00 – 11:00 AM)” They were back, just after 11, as promised. “The Kid”, as I like to call him, is Ryan, […]
Friday, at the gym, the woman scanning my card said “have a good Father’s Day weekend”. I’m not sure if her screen said I was a Dad, or if I just looked like I must have been one, sometime. I’m pretty sure she said the same thing to all adult males with wedding bands, or […]
Today was “A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Leslie Reinhardt Reindl, August 1, 1936 – May 14, 2013.” Of the photos of Leslie’s life on the display board, this one was my favorite. (click to enlarge) We were told that Leslie prepared the service, and if so, she did a beautiful job. There […]
Other Posts in this series, as follows: Feb 11, 2013: “Sykes High, oh Sykes High School” May 4 (the main article): Thoughts on Sykeston High School at its Centennial May 9 A 1957 Social Studies Test June 28 Snapshots in History of Sykeston June 29 Sports in 1950s small towns in North Dakota July 3: […]
A short while back came an invitation to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of Jules and Sharon (Alinder) Dragland: click on Dragland. They went to the same college as I, at the same general time, and while we didn’t know each other personally, then, we’ve become acquainted through a college alumni mailing list. I asked […]
Even preceding retirement 13 years ago, I wondered about how it would be out in “Elder-land”. I wrote about this recently. Just last night, at a meeting where the age range was from (I’d guess) early 30s to mid 80s we talked about the huge dilemma these days of elder to younger communications. We communicate […]
UPDATES will be included as received at the end of this post. One particularly interesting link about Orchestra finances has already been added. Take a look within Molly’s comment. There are other responses at the Twin Cities Daily Planet. You can read them here. Here is a very interesting blog site directly related to the […]
Today I visited two school events, one in Minneapolis, one in South St. Paul. One planned, one last minute. The events caused me to go into my memento box and pull out a little memory book from back in the 1950s. The book seems to be from my Junior year in high school (Antelope Consolidated, […]
Note comments as received which are included at the end of this post, and as Responses. Prior Post: here Musicians website here. Tonight, June 1, was supposed to be our last concert for the 2012-13 season of the Minnesota Orchestra (MO). Yesterday, May 31, I went down to view the under-construction area at Orchestra Hall, […]
NOTE to regular readers at this space: there are some interesting responses at the end of the post on 42, here. Last Sunday was the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity in the Catholic Church. I’m lifelong Catholic, and as usual I was at Mass at Basilica last Sunday. (For those interested, the readings were: […]