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Visiting
Sunday evening we went out visiting. If it sounds Old World, that is pretty accurate. We were invited to Rita and Maurice (pronounced Morris) Palmersheim’s house. Maurice and Rita lived in their house long before there was a development surrounding … Continue reading
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Seeds
Another thing we do in winter in Minnesota is order seeds. The catalogs arrived a couple weeks ago, trees and grasses for Steve and the Burgess 2009 Garden Catalog for me. Last year I put in the tiered garden along … Continue reading
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Oral Histories
In my job I am currently preparing for two things: the opening of this year’s exhibit at the Haehn Museum at Art and Heritage Place (a small history museum), and the Spring issue of Benedictine Sisters and Friends magazine (though … Continue reading
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Power Outage
Sunday night at 5:30 the power went out in St. Joseph, Collegeville, and Avon. It would have been more romantic if the temperature hadn’t been 5 below and falling. Steve was over at Tim and Annie’s and we were about … Continue reading
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winter (2)
It is now light enough when I get home to go and tromp around in the snow for about 40 minutes, from 5-5:40. It’s the most gorgeous thing, really. The snow is very white and heaped in creamy hillocks. After … Continue reading
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Hospital Sisters
Today out snowshoeing I took poles. The wind has been blowing and the drifts are high– it was quite a trudge. As I walked I thought about Sister Colleen Haggerty. She was sitting in front of me in church this … Continue reading
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Winter
One thing about 83 hours below zero is, it makes 15 above feel like spring. After three days of temperatures between 30 below and 5 below, today we woke up to a balmy 15-degree day. Of course, the wind has … Continue reading
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Police Blotter
A recent entry in the St. Joseph Newsleader: 11:27 a.m. Officer was passed on County Road 75 with snowcovered roads and poor driving conditions. The officer followed the vehicle to pace it, and eventually activated emergency lights and siren when … Continue reading
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Police Blotter
The local St. Joseph paper sometimes runs a police blotter, I suppose when they have space. I don’t know who writes the police blotter, but it often has quite hilarious and well-written items on it. Such as the following from … Continue reading
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Catholic Schools / Public Schools, part 2
Today I was interviewing one of the Sisters who is celebrating her 60th Jubilee next year, S. Ruth Nierengarten. For about a decade she has been curator of the Haehn museum, but she’s retiring now, on the advice of her … Continue reading
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