Making the world a better place, but WHY?
posted 2 months ago | 1 comment
Sounds grandiose, doesn't it? We often hear the phrase "giving something back" as a way to make the world a better place. Personally, I abhor the "giving something back" phrase. It implies a debt one owes to somebody, or that one "took" something ...
Feeling like a kid again
posted 2 months ago, updated 1 minute later | 2 comments
As in many other families, my mother's family was somewhat divided, not by distance but into cliques. Rarely did the members of one group get included in the other. Why is not important now, as that generation is almost gone. We first cousins deci...
Yep, this here is Spring
posted 5 months ago | 0 comments
In our ever-changing Minnesota weather, today has been drizzly and cool. This time of year, one can almost hear everything growing... leaves are starting to unfurl, grass in getting green, and birds are singing up a storm.
I love Spring in the Mi...
I love Spring in the Mi...
Shorts weather
posted 5 months ago | 0 comments
It's not just t-shirt weather... it's shorts weather. Tomorrow morning I will return to walking the 4 blocks to work out at Snap Fitness. That little walk supplies both a warmup on the way there, and a cool-down on the way back. I did that last ye...
T-shirt weather
posted 5 months ago | 0 comments
A glorious day in the Northland... 68 degrees, but sunny so it seems warmer. The kind of day that simply demands getting out for a walk, and I complied. That gave me a chance to wander the Crosstown re-construction project in two locations, trying...
Ah, spring has sprung in the north country
posted 6 months ago | 1 comment
Since it was -14 when I first blogged here, a month ago, I should report that we have since had many days in the 50's. When one is coming out of serious winter, 55 degrees becomes t-shirt and shorts weather. By mid-summer, 55 will seem like a cold...
Brrrrrrr
posted 8 months ago | 0 comments
Our temp here is now -14 with some wind that means it feels like -25, and that's with bright sunshine! We Minnesotans like to pretend that isn't so bad, but I don't see many cars going by. My old car sits outside, and it's always a bright spot on ...
