Salad Days

Oh, if only we could have a re-start.

• Jane ---------------TomTom

Sunday Night

We went with Bill and Sandra Foster to dinner at Clyde Iron Works then stopped by Fitgers for icecream.

Dinner Dance

Today was our annual dinner dance. I thought it was especially good with the same five piece band.

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Kingsbury Creek Trail

Twenty-four hikers enjoyed Kingsbury Creek Trail this morning.

Visit By Jere And Dawn

When Dawn and Jere came to visit us yesterday we had a picnic at Enger Park. Today we went on the Timber Twister at Spirit Mountain.

Monday

Today in the dining center we were ambassadors for Chadda and John.








Yesterday at Stony Point

Airshow

Yesterday morning when we were with Mary & Evert House we met their daughter, Alayne, and ran into Sarah Vander-Meiden at her booth in the farmers market in Scanlon.

Later I took these five pictures outside the fence at the airshow.

Morning Aerobics

Pam Lyons gives us a workout three mornings a week.

Chester Bowl Hike

Eighteen of us enjoyed a hike this morning in Chester Bowl. This hike was in place of the one scheduled on Chester Creek Trail postponed by wet conditions.We ushered for The Producers last night at Duluth Playhouse and throughly enjoyed this local production.

Has Anyone Seen This Couple?

........................ Missing since 1985

Fun, Fun, Fun

We enjoyed the concert by Two Harbors City Band tonight at Heritage Days.

Last night we went to the Lake Superior Ragtime Society's Mini Bash at Dry Dock in Duluth.

A Bottle of Water, A Bag of Peanuts, And Thou

It was a lovely evening at Bayfront Festival Park.

We Hold These Truths ...

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Lake Superior Freethinkers

This morning we attended the monthly meeting of Lake Superior Freethinkers at the Radisson where we were most effectively reminded that overpopulation is a crisis causing most of the world's problems. The world's population growth is unsustainable and will inevitably lead to famine, wars, sickness, and a continuing lowered standard of living. Click on: World Population Balance

Hike and Picnic

There were 35 on Denise's hike today at Enger tower.

Regrets And Wishes

Knowing we are each a product of every experience we've ever had, I sometimes wonder what if I'd had different opportunities and made different choices. Although my regrets are many, I seldom waste time dwelling upon them. It's my nature to make choices and proceed with my next action based on where I am now, rather than where I should be or wished I were. This contributes to contentment but doesn't serve me well in learning from mistakes. I've made many regrettable choices but my greatest was not conscientiously applying myself to education. Since I didn't take advantage of education, one might conclude that I didn't place much importance on it. To the contrary, I've always had the greatest admiration for those more educated; even holding in awe those with higher degrees to such an extent that I couldn't have a normal relationship with them. I think my failure to pursue higher education stems from the feeling I've always had that I was too far behind and could never catch up. This, along with the burden of being a perfectionist, led to expectations of probable failure so I seldom attempted significant achievements. Earlier in life I convinced myself that having high aspirations was unimportant or even unwise; Then, in later years, I pretended to be lazy. Now I really have become lazy.

Sunday

Yesterday afternoon we attended the music camp concerts for piano, strings, choir, and band. Each was enjoyable.
This evening we went to the pizza party for Grandma's marathon volunteers. There were over five thousand volunteers but only a few hundred attend the party.

A Cold Rainy Night

Last night we thoroughly enjoyed the Faculty Recital at the Weber. It was well worth going out in the rain.

The grandest wildflower adorning our roadsides, the Lupine, is now in it's glory.

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

Twenty of us enjoyed this great day for hiking.

Park Point Hike

Yesterday afternoon we went on the Environmental Series hike to Park Point.
I hope we can remember not to do it again. The interest to effort ratio is about 1:4. I had a fall in the mud.