Writing an Obit March 14, 2012 I wrote the obituary for my Dad in 1987. I wrote another obit today. The family is sure to make some changes. Continue Reading
Webbin it March 8, 2012 Predictably I couldn’t let a half baked website languish. I was up by 4am and began learning how my updated but still ancient website… Continue Reading
Waiting for my website March 7, 2012 I missed two appointments to donate my usual pint of blood this morning. I slept through the 7:50 appointment because after waking up and… Continue Reading
The White Knight has lost his head March 6, 2012 My morning at Stowe Elementary was fun but left me stiffer than ever. I’m though with snow. So is Don Quixote. His head had… Continue Reading
Leap Day postponed by Snow March 6, 2012 I’m heading out in an hour and a half to the far west of Duluth. I promised to help teach snow sculpting to the… Continue Reading
Welty4Congress.com March 6, 2012 I hope to have a 24 hour wonder of a website up by the end of the day. That’ll be a challenge because I’m… Continue Reading
Four good hours of sleep March 5, 2012 To my long time fans (all eight of you) and the few snakes who couldn’t take their eyes off my snake charming during the… Continue Reading
The official voice for www.welty4congress.com March 4, 2012 I’ve talked with my wife. That would be a good post. I’d like to thank the 1400 of you who kept the secret from… Continue Reading
The Impossible Dream March 3, 2012 One last quick post before bed II. As I was building the sculpture I couldn’t help but warble what I could recall of the… Continue Reading
Adventures in snow sculpting 2012 March 3, 2012 It’s One AM and I couldn’t sleep. I didn’t take an advil for the five hours of sculpting I did today and I ate… Continue Reading
Big and white March 1, 2012 My daughter posted a comment on her Facebook page about my starting a new snow sculpture. Being a good daughter she knew she was… Continue Reading
The big snow storm – I got zip February 27, 2012 A week ago early forecasts suggested we might get up to eight inches of snow. That was music to my ears since this would… Continue Reading
These 61 year old bones… February 22, 2012 … have enjoyed a reprieve this Winter. From Becky Mortensen, UMD student: Keep hope alive. There’s talk of a foot of snow this coming… Continue Reading
Bookin it update February 21, 2012 For those of you wondering what’s happened to bookin it posts I hope to resume publishing them by the end of the week. The… Continue Reading
I wanted to be a gibbon not a monkey February 20, 2012 In junior high I was on our schools gymnastic team. I was already heading to six feet, no height for a gymnast, but I… Continue Reading
Word Search of the Day February 20, 2012 Mea Culpa I make my share of mistakes. I don’t worry too much about misspellings, typos, and other pretty constant static in my blog… Continue Reading
How I became a Republican February 16, 2012 A follow up to the previous post. So Grandma got us a room in the Duluth Radisson. Grandma and I call our Wednesdays with… Continue Reading
“What a mess!” February 16, 2012 Last Wednesday when our house was in the greatest state of upheaval with painter’s tarps on three levels of our home we had the… Continue Reading
A pleasant break February 11, 2012 Its quite pleasant for me when I skip writing in the blog. I’ve been much more faithful at posting for the past couple months… Continue Reading
Busy day February 7, 2012 I may sacrifice a good night’s sleep to write some blog posts tonight but so be it. I’ve got a lot of things on… Continue Reading