Barbara Thompson

Saturday, July 4, 2026 I remember the bicentennial. I was 13. We were very red, white and blue everything. It was so exciting. I distinctly remember wondering if I would be around for the 250th birthday of the United States. I thought people could live to be 63- I thought I might be able to

Friday, July 3, 2026 Tomorrow is the party and we leave for Amsterdam, so today was occasionally busy. It was also tired, because I woke up a thousand times last night thinking important things like should I take pink sandals and I would like to be eating waffles right now. I think we are packed,

Thursday, July 2, 2026 My friend, Christina, came from Askov today. We spent the day at the neighbor’s pool. She and I chatted the day away while her boys used the pool. It was great. Keith and I went to see Minions and Monsters at 9pm. It was wonderful!! We highly recommend it.

Wednesday, July 1, 2026 Hey! It’s July! That came as a surprise when I just looked at the date. Happy July. Mississippi River Brass Band had its second concert tonight, this time at the Como Park Pavillion. Originally the weather report was for mid-90s with likelihood of thunderstorms. Instead, we had a breezy 80 and

Tuesday, June 30, 206 Today was a blue chair day. Mostly a scrolling-on-my-phone-for-no-reason day, but Maren visited and that was great, and I read some of my book and that was good. We’re having a party on Saturday, then leaving Saturday night for Amsterdam. I could have done something about something, but I didn’t.

Monday, June 29, 2026 MRBB rehearsed over the weekend and played a concert at Woodbury Lutheran Church tonight. We were lucky to be indoors because it was HOT today. Europe has been blistering under near 100° temperatures, and we gave it a go today. Keith arranged Good Night Mister Johnny as an Eb cornet solo.

Sunday, June 28, 2026 We went to see Josh Groban, but first we had to suffer through Jennifer Hudson screaming at us. Man, it was loud. I could feel my left ear drum vibrating in an unpleasant way. Every note the bass player played shook my seat. Making it a multisensory ick, she was just

Saturday, June 27, 2026 Nancy got a new garage floor on Wednesday. As it is with home improvement, when you refresh one thing, it makes the other things look not as nice. The walls got painted on Friday. The garage cafe opened on Saturday. Both the brothers and the other sister all helped get things

Friday, June 26, 2026 Look! It’s 6/26/26! What fun. I didn’t realize until I just typed it. Carla and I went strawberry picking at a new place in Hastings called Wyatt’s Strawberries and Asparagus. We had oodles to talk about, so we talked before, during, and after we went. Wonderful. There were so many strawberries

Thursday, June 25, 2026 The backyard visits that started during COVID as a way to connect at a distance still continue. I am so lucky to have met new friends at this point in life – such intelligent, educated, experienced people! This is a small sampling of the whole population, but these are all special