Saturday morning about 9 am I took the bus to the Guthrie. I get off the bus at Chicago and 8th and walk to the Guthrie. It takes me about 12 minutes of walking ( Read more... )

Yesterday morning there were 125 students from Eden Prairie taking a tour of the Guthrie. They were divided into 5 groups so it was manageable to go through the building. One student in our group got behind and I found out that I couldn't catch up to the group because I didn't have a key for the door. I got to learn a lot more about the building as ( Read more... )

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Sunday evening the family went to see Charlie's Aunt. Joe's mother remembered that Ray Bolger starred in the original 1948 Broadway production of Where' Charley ( Read more... )

We had our children's Christmas program at St. Paul Reformation Lutheran Church yesterday at 10:30 am. It was good to see old friends who just visit on special occasions. It's great to see the little ones nervously playing their roles.

I'm not sure we sent out a Christmas letter the first year we were married (1960) but we have sent one out every year since. Sometimes it got to be about 130 letters - give or take a few ( Read more... )

For a number of years I have half-heartedly tried to lose weight. Now my alternative doctor, Dr. Meghabhuti Roth, may have helped me find the solution. A short time ago he felt that my thyroid was low so he started me on a thyroid medicine. It seems to be working. Just this past Monday he started me on iodine drops. Studies have shown that almost ( Read more... )

As Laura Jean reminded me the other day (on Facebook) that I don't use Live Journal much. In some ways I like the journal much better. It's not as intrusive as Facebook. I don't have to worry about the length of my writing.


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I volunteered at the Guthrie this morning. There were over 1,000 high school students. They all had backpacks and food, candy and drinks. You're not supposed to take food into the Guthrie but how do you check 1,000 backpacks and get them in before dinner? Otherwise it went very well.

Sunday evening Darlene and I went to the Guthrie to see The Edge of Our Bodies ( Read more... )