Barbara Thompson

Sunday, October 23, 2022 We went to Madison for the weekend so we could attend the celebration of life for my Uncle Don, who passed away in July at the age of 93. He was my dad’s next younger sibling. As we drove down Friday night, Keith asked me where Don fell in the line […]

Saturday, October 22, 2022 We are in Madison today. Part of our day was spent with Benjin and Sean. They are thinking about putting vinyl plank flooring in on their main level – or at least part of their main level – and Keith has quite a bit of experience in installing it, so he

Friday, October 21, 2022 We did not get a puppy. But my friend did. Her name is Lola (the puppy, not the friend). She is a miniature Doodle (not a showgirl). That is a poodle and a something else dog. I had to go see her, because she is a baby! She is smaller and

Thursday, October 20, 2022 Keith would like to retire someday. Lately, he has been wanting to retire tomorrow, but I won’t let him, because I don’t know how to retire and neither does he. (And we just creak around like really old people, but we aren’t realllllly old yet.) I used to be in charge

Wednesday, October, 19, 2022 We went to the Illusion Theater’s new location in Minneapolis (not downtown like it used to be). It seemed so very easy to park in the school parking lot across the street (their suggestion) and walk across a pleasant street instead of parking in an expensive lot and walking down Hennepin.

Tuesday, October 18, 2022 What a delightful, delightful surprise. The technology behaved. The kids mostly behaved. I just typed that, then stopped. I thought about it. Yes, the overall behavior was so much better than it has been, but still pretty crazy. Today I just thought it was funny crazy. There are two extra desk

Monday, October 17, 2022 And today was no exception. I was giving a test in both US History and Human Geography today. The tests in these classes are always online. Since I am just filling in for the other teacher, I don’t have to create the tests; I just show up and wrestle the kids

Sunday, October 16, 2022 The leaves are spectacular. I cannot say it enough. I know that no pictures will do it justice and that it is hardly groundbreaking information, but I wish the magical feeling we had all weekend of winning the autumn lottery could seep out to you. Barbara and Jerry took off fairly

Friday, October 14, 2022 Our friends, Jerry and Barbara, came to Bayfield for many years each from Eau Claire, and now have come from Traverse City, MI (their retirement home). Since we do not get to see them nearly often enough, we asked if they would mind if we would just show up at their

Thursday, October 13, 2022 It was me! I was stealing the mail and I have never been given a warmer welcome EVER! We were driving north for the weekend (obviously too much sunny, warm for us – we are looking for some chillier weather) (lies). I didn’t look at the route (because I am not