Friday, March 20, 2026 We went to Open Window’s production of The Giver tonight. The book is a middle school staple. The play very closely follows the book. It had some really excellent set pieces that allowed for shadows to appear as ideas are talked about by the characters. The utilitarian set had projections…um…projected to […]
Thursday, March 19. 2026 There was a place in the Maplewood Mall called Da Bin (Daa Bin?) It was closed on Wednesday for restocking, then everything was $10 on Thursday with pricing dropping to $1 on Tuesday. On a Tuesday before Christmas, Alexander went and got us each a ridiculous item. I totally surprised him
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 Keith commented as we were driving to the show that it was a classic. I agreed. I asked if he had seen the movie. He said he thought he had – it starred Henry Fonda. Mmm. I was pretty sure I had seen a version and did not remember Henry Fonda.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2026 The doorbell rang about 9:00 tonight. That was different. Keith checked the door camera (obviously) and said, “It’s Louise,” before I could get to the door. There she was! “It’s St. Patrick’s Day and I made you green fluff.” Wow! How special is that? She said she googled green fluff and
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Monday, March 16, 2026 I saw a Kickstarter for an end table that makes pictures automatically with a marble in sand. I thought Keith would like it. I told Benjamin to order it for me so it would be super-secret. Delivery time was a mystery, but hopefully it would come for Christmas. It didn’t. They
Sunday, March 15, 2026 They have been forecasting snowmaggedon all week. We were supposed to get 1-2 feet of snow. Big winds. Don’t go outside. It was supposed to start at 5pm yesterday and last until 4am Monday. It started. It stopped. It started. It stopped. The wind blew, then it didn’t. Some places got
Saturday, March 14, 2026 We had amazing sandwiches from Alleycat’s Gourmet Sandwiches in White Bear Lake before seeing the Lakeshore Players’ Oscar Wilde play this afternoon. Neither of us had ever seen it before, although it is very famous. The first act is short and really just a lot of exposition – it does make
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Friday, March 13, 2026 Our whole family woke up at Benjin’s house – which is good because that is where we all went to sleep. It was winding to beat the band. Garbage cans were everywhere in the street. Big day of wind before BIG snow is coming Sunday. We were all snug as bugs.
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Thursday, March 12, 2026 We left Nancy’s and headed to Benjamin’s about 4:30. Bye, Nancy! We had a great laughing visit. We sat on the couch with Benjamin and visited for about an hour. The couch makes you face the front door with its frosted pane. I saw a shadow approaching and announced that someone
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 “It won’t turn off!”“What won’t turn off?”“The bathroom fan.“That’s okay. We have a man for that.” (But he was gone picking up Donna)“But it smells like burning. It’s smoking!!”Ohhhh. “Turn off the power part thing in the basement.” (I am excellent with specifics)“I don’t know where it is, which one it
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