Barbara Thompson

Sunday, March 9, 2025 We went to Lyric Arts to see The Rainmaker this afternoon. It was a set in a nebulous time of drought in a western town. The ranch family was worried about their plain daughter/sister being an old maid. A self-proclaimed con man and liar came to their house and offered to […]

Saturday, March 8, 2025 I like a massage the most best. If I won the lottery (I would have to buy a ticket), I would have a massage every week. I last went to have a massage 13 years ago. I loved it, but it just didn’t seem like money we could spend on something

Friday, March 7, 2025 I just wrote Friday and then stared and stared and stared because all I could think of to write next was Saturday and I knew that wasn’t right. Oooof. Keith played a concert with the Lake Wobegon Brass Band tonight at St. Thomas University. There was as cool sculpture in the

Thursday, March 6, 2025 We went to see The Life of Pi tonight, part of the touring Broadway series. Wow. Just wow. The actor playing Pi himself was incredible – what a fine, fine performance. The puppets were straight up amazing. It was really easy to forget that Richard Parker was not a real tiger.

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 Our brother Dave sent us a picture of a previous Nancy birthday this morning. He said he wasn’t sure what year it is from, but it wasn’t last year, because last year they went to a cool restaurant and the picture isn’t from there. It snows on Nancy’s birthday. Almost always.

Tuesday, March 4, 2025 I read an article a week or so ago that worldsbestcinnamonrolls.com had given a Minneapolis bakery, Isles Bun & Coffee, the best of 2025 award. We went there to check it out. While we were en route, I checked their website and under the menu it said, “All our goodies are

Monday, March 3, 2025 I had the great idea to make a few Cajun dishes for Fat Tuesday, but then we realized we would like to go back to Tono for the Tuesday special – so Fat Monday was born. Chicken Tchoupitoulas was a given, then we decided corn maque choux and added a box

Sunday, March 2, 2025 I was upstairs putting away laundry and I heard Keith say, “They’re here.” I had one more shirt to hang up. As I was buttoning, I heard them. LAUGHING They weren’t even all the way here yet and they were laughing so hard. It sounded like they couldn’t get through the

Saturday, March 1, 2025 There was a special bird-tivity at the Carpenter Nature Center today. We signed up for it a couple months ago. Some birds and people came from a St. Louis bird-ery and brought raptors. The bird lady was very knowledgeable and funny. It was a fun way to spend some afternoon.

Friday, February 28, 2025 We took Tom and Louise to their first juggling show! It was a silly vaudeville type show that showcased some good juggling. We all had a good time. Benjamin is in town for a juggling convention, so he was too busy juggling to go to a juggling show.