Deflection

Last week mom and I drive by my grandparent’s church in Hebron, Wisconsin, and we found that it had a for sale sign in front of the church. Not only was this a. surprise but it was shocking, since so many of our family events took place there. My grandmother was brought up in the…

It was partly cloudy today, with a cold wind blowing out of the North. The temperature was 56 degrees. Finally, it seems like fall is coming. This morning I took mom to a group that the call Respite for the first time, and I did not know what to expect. Last night she was very…

It was stated this morning that the temperature was goin to 89 degrees this morning, but it only got to 81 degrees. This might have had something to do with a front moving through this afternoon. Although there was major raining in Janesville, we only got the pavement wet. My dad turned ninty years old…

It seems to come unexpectedly today, but the Queen of England died. She ware the new PM in on Tuesday, but canceled the Privy Conference yesterday and gone today. With my last name being English, I have allows follow the monarchy close. By going through my mom’s family, I have seen that I am a…

Today has been eventful. A couple of days ago, dad’s first cousins Dwight and Joyce came down with Covid and wrote an email that they would not be able to attend the Helle Reunion this years. (For those that are not familiar with my family, my great grandparents were married over 115 years ago and…

At 11:00 today, I traveled too Milwaukee to attend the Iowa Caucus portion of the the American Legion Convention, but it was really boring. It was all committee reports. And, if the average age of the presenters is just older than I am, given that most of them are from the Vietnam War, they are…

This morning I traveled to Milwaukee to the American Legion National Convention. On my way, I received a text asking when I would be at the hotel, since I was the last person to register. I found this strange, since registration was until 11:00. But I made the 11:00 without any problems. After I got…

It rained last night in LaCrosse, so I worked on an essay in the hotel until 10:00 this morning. Since the weather seemed to be stable, I drove to Sparta and the weather seemed like it was good enough to go bicycling and the temperate was in the 70s. So, I got a pass and…

It was overcast about all day, with rain later in the afternoon. The high was like 81 degrees. With this cold front going through this afternoon, it is to be colder tomorrow. I had an interesting day at tie Mayo Clinic. I was scheduled to get a pneumonia shot at 1:20, but I got to…