Deflection

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…

It was a nice day here in Rochester, Minnesota with sunny skies, temperature below 80 degrees, no wind, and no mosquitos. To prove it, I walked 8.40 miles, since it is not much fun to be cooped up in buildings. And, I do not understand, this is the land of 10,000 lakes and a million…

For this evening, I watched the evening coming in high on the south bluff of the Wisconsin River, with the city of Prairie du Chien just off the left and the Mississippi River on my left. If you have not guessed where I am at, you guessed it: I am in the Wyalusing State Park.…

Today was about the same as yesterday, with clear skies and no wind, but is was warmer.  The big moon is out tonight, but tomorrow night is the full noon.   This afternoon I took mom to a nurse practitioner, and she stated that mom’s dementia is considerable worse than it was six months ago.…

Today was a great summer day, with the temperatures on the 70s, not many clouds, and no wind.  As for a summer day, it would have been nice to bottle it for other days that are not so nice. Since it was a nice day, I spent most of the time on mom’s back porch…