I can't recognize many of these talented people, but I sure wish I could see and hear them performing in person. Of course, thanks to friend thespian15 posting youtubes of a certain talented
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MyJeff picked me up after work on Saturday and we drove out to Elk River (northwest outer ring suburb) to the home of one of my nephews and his family. . .To the big party celebrating my eldest sister's 50th wedding anniversary. We had a great time--the best evening out in a very long time
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Vinnie came to "huff" at me in the dark at a little after 5 a.m. today. Then he did the shake his head fast and make his tags clinkety-clink-clink together thing. Therefore, at about 5:30 this morning I walked down the sidewalk in my back yard to get a better view of the stars in the western sky. Within a couple minutes of turning to enjoy said
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Spent most of my day studying for Monday's tax preparation course final exam. Still a few chapters to review tomorrow morning. But I am fairly confident everything will work out okay
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We did not play Scrabble or any other game last night, after all. Instead, we introduced our friend--who is a musician--to the Animusic creations (animusic.com). MyJeff played both of his Animusic DVDs through all of the pieces. They are fascinating to us and they certainly seemed to fascinate and entertain our friend. If you are unfamiliar with
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Friends of ours from the Bronx (she grew up in Taylors Falls, a little north and east of the Twin Cities) were in the area and arranged to meet us last night. We connected at the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) Museum in St. Paul for picnic-ing and listening to the Blue Grass Duo "The Okee Dokee Brothers". These two young men crafted the songs
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WARNING: This post will be fairly well filled with superlatives. I can't help myself. ... But no matter how many superlatives I write, it won't be enough
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Friday we arrived at the State Fair gates at 4:40 a.m. as the 7th vehicle/3rd car in line. The gates opened at 6 a.m. as scheduled and we managed to park in the front line of the lot behind the grandstand. We proceeded to our traditional Peg Restaurant breakfast; stops at buildings, booths, displays, etc. for entertainment, enlightenment, and
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