Wednesday, October 4, 2023 Keith was subbing in the Swing Beat Big Band tonight. They are a swing dance band and they were playing at the VFW in Bloomington for the first time. The crowd was appreciative and clapped enthusiastically, but not one person danced the entire evening. Huh. I’m very curious if they will […]
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 The backyard gatherings have been absolutely terrific this summer. To celebrate that and to end the weekly gatherings until next year, today there was a hot dog and s’more roast. I was sitting back from the circle (avoiding the rotating smoke that liked to follow me) with my friend and he
Monday, October 2, 2023 Before we went to Disney World, my friend Maren had the most clever thought to buy some inexpensive pins from eBay for her kids to trade. I have LOTS of pins that I have collected through the years, but I have never done pin trading. Pin trading is exactly what it
Sunday, October 1, 2023 The Twin Cities Marathon was cancelled today because it was too hot. Wow. It was forecast to be 90 degrees in Minneapolis on October 1st. Wow. We pooled, because obviously. It is forecast to be 55 degrees next Sunday. We got out of the pool to meet Alexander at 2:30 to
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Saturday, September 30, 2023 Keith got his latest COVID vaccine and a flu shot last night. I woke up early this morning, first worrying that he would wake up feeling sick (because I do after the vaccine) and then worrying that he might wake up deaf, because that happened the first time. He woke up
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Friday, September 29, 2023 Today is homecoming and not just because we came home. I went to Woodbury high school today and found out it is their homecoming. EVERY student in my first, second, and third hours was wearing WHS wear! They were mostly 10th and 11th graders. I thought it was pretty great. I
Thursday, September 28, 2023 Tom Hanks was telling us the story, reading his book that had us gripped. I was completely relaxed, sailing along without paying any attention to the outside world. We’d left Newport for Boston airport waaaaay early after enjoying more shopping for glass flowers and then hiking around Fort Adams State Park.
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Wednesday, September 27, 2023 We didn’t have anything planned for today. I figured sometimes vacations are just for relaxing (or so I have heard). Last night I learned that our hotel has an indoor/outdoor pool – you swim under a little divider and go outside. Pool hours are 8am-10pm, so I was down there by
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Seventy years ago today, my mom and dad got married. It was a hot day – much nicer than our cool, rainy day here in RHODE ISLAND! Our trip was designed to take Keith to 4 of his 5 remaining unvisited states. We are here in Newport, Rhode Island, to visit
Monday, September 25, 2023 We lingered over breakfast like you should while you are on vacation. How lovely. We packed up (an easy process because I have packed us up brilliantly using packing cubes. We can unpack and pack up again in less than 5 minutes. It’s been great) and left 45 minutes early for