This week brings a Super Bowl football game once again for the 57th time. Old adventurer here and longterm bride, sweetheart and best friend reflect on some history connected to this sport’s highlight that is likely to be around forever.
A couple of charitable contributions and a meat market care package pickup produced a quick round trip to South Metro hometowns in that Minnesota River Valley some 200 miles South of Highway #2 last week. A noteworthy adventure resulted despite only one, fast destination hour.
Death Bell was heard here again recently as another member of “Our Hourglass” slipped from the upper, living chamber of “Friends Funds” (7-1819 Journal entry) down to “Lives List” (1-11-19 Journal entry) lower chamber. Mike reached the end of his trail this recent January 11, 2023.
Dick Majestic Pines is the name of our fine, comprehensive senior living camp nearly North of Highway #2, at once-grand rapids in our dandy Mississippi. Reminders of pre-camp construction days suggest pines here that may very well have been so very majestic.
Dick Approaching fourscore rides on Planet Earth in its dance around Boss Star, old adventurer with longterm bride, sweetheart and best friend here try to understand old-age management questions concerning long-term care insurance. An early such insurance product was available for this employee and spouse some 25 years ago when retirement arrived; it was portable, taken into future old age years.
NEARLY NORTH OF TWO Dec. 27, 2022, edition of our Star Tribune reported Dakota riders had arrived in Mankato from Lower Brule, South Dakota.
It’s mid-way between Christmas and New Year’s Day here in Minnesota’s northland. Inclination now is to look both in rearview mirror and windshield as time and events go and come. We journalled “End Game” last year so a revisit update now seems in order.
Dick Winter hit us hard this past week, here at dandy Mississippi’s once-grand rapids on Edge of the Wilderness. Heavy West-to-East moving storm after a week has left us some 16 inches of white stuff so far—above early ice layers; sub-zero temps coming next, plus more snow for Christmas.
Minnesota Northland Winter is tightening its hold as long-term networking Christmas letters, phone calls and e-mails bring updated “Autumn Accounting” of life adventure from friends across the land. Old outdoor and corporate adventurer here observes and appreciates from sidelines these days; however, he’s still keen on this subject feeling closely in touch with network contacts from coast to coast and Gulf up into Canada.
Dick Old adventurer and long-term bride, sweetheart and best friend here wish everyone a wonderful holiday season with full measures of peace and happiness. After 24 years at Idaho’s Snake River camp, it’s now our 5th Christmas North and nearly North of Highway #2 in Minnesota’s Northland, at once-grand rapids of our dandy river Mississippi.