Harry’s an unhappy camper. March 1, 2017 It’s not quite midnight and I want to vent. Our School Board meeting went on till 10:30 PM by far the latest since I… Continue Reading
“Another generation learns checkers” February 27, 2017 That’s how Claudia captioned this picture she posted to Facebook. My old Mankato neighbor noticed and chimed in: ” It is about time Harry… Continue Reading
’ Blog Housekeeping February 22, 2017 For several years I’ve been greatly annoyed that bugs sneaked into my blog posts. They are punctuation bugs. Maybe you’ve noticed them especially if… Continue Reading
A year ago today the most famous man in World History… February 22, 2017 …showed up on my front lawn I know because Facebook reminded me by putting this image on a “year-ago-today” memory function. And why do… Continue Reading
Americapocalypse February 16, 2017 I love my blog’s search function. It always surprises me what it can reveal in and about my ten years of blogging. Apparently, not… Continue Reading
The Game of Life February 15, 2017 Yesterday I spent the morning and afternoon with my first grade grandson. He was sick. His Mom brought some games over to our house… Continue Reading
HAPPY # 6 (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER OTHER THAN #1) February 9, 2017 Before Claudia left for Seminary in the Twin Cities this afternoon I had time to read a little further in a book we’ve been… Continue Reading
HAPPY # 5 (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER OTHER THAN #1) February 9, 2017 As I told the class of eager snow sculptors I like to sculpt in warm weather. Tomorrow promises to be such a day. Folks… Continue Reading
Happy # 4 (In no particular order other than #1) February 9, 2017 I was surprised to see that Loren Martell had published another column about the School District despite there having been no recent meetings. This… Continue Reading
Happy # 3 (In no particular order other than #1) February 9, 2017 After a Homecroft teacher asked me to return to read to her classrooms for “I Love to Read” month I sent out the following… Continue Reading
Happy # 2 (In no particular order other than #1) February 9, 2017 After organizing a dozen caches of information about my long history of snow sculpting I answered the call of a teacher at Northstar Academy… Continue Reading
Happy # 1 (In no particular order – except this one) February 9, 2017 I will be raising our family’s American flag on our front porch tomorrow. How come? I’m thrilled that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals… Continue Reading
A little Harry’s Diary February 1, 2017 I woke up at 3AM yesterday and couldn’t go back to sleep because I was mulling over Trump nation. That happened often last year… Continue Reading
Sticks and Stones, Pt. 2 the cute pink hats January 30, 2017 “Hair on fire.” That’s the subject of the morning talk show I woke up to. Trump supporters are up in defensive arms because they… Continue Reading
Shall We Dance? January 26, 2017 I figure that I have several audiences of this blog. The one that is preeminent to me is – me. It’s not just the… Continue Reading
Snow Sculpting was about my sixth priority this week January 23, 2017 I moved it to number 4 because I’m leaving town tomorrow. I wanted to finish one while the balmy sculpting weather continues. It will… Continue Reading
Priorities January 17, 2017 The Trib has covered one of what should be two of my top priorities today. That would be playground mulch. I’ve gotten a couple… Continue Reading
MY most enjoyable MSBA convention ends January 14, 2017 The image below helps cleanse Lincolndemocrat after the previous post. I jotted down titles for about ten posts I wanted to write through the… Continue Reading
Monday dawns – Third day of being 66 years of age December 12, 2016 In the light of our sun room you can see the silhouette of the tree the boys sawed down. No rifles. I thought we… Continue Reading
Family tidbits for my Birthday December 9, 2016 On my birthday tomorrow I’ll take my grandsons on a Christmas Tree hunt. Claudia told the boys the other day that we would go… Continue Reading
