In 1997, my mother gave Nancy and me a peace lily for Christmas. It was a beauty, and it looked great in our house. We were living in Oro Valley, AZ then too. When we moved to California, the lily came along. When we moved to Minnesota, the lily made the trip. When we traveled […]
Archive of posts filed under the Almost Daily category.
A Letter To My Sister.
Dear Nancy, In the past, I would call on October 13 and wish you a Happy Birthday. I wish it weren’t so, but I will not be making that call tomorrow on the day of your 63rd birthday. So, rather than call, I will remember your birthday by writing this letter. The letter is to […]
Bismarck
Central North Dakota is German country. Lots of German immigrants settled in the area before 1910. Bismarck is named for Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, a First Chancellor of the German Empire and a hero to many German people during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Since I know that to be the case, I […]
Team K²
Team K Squared Much has been written in blogs recently about the Sande family in Bismarck. Almost all of it has been about my sister, Nancy, and and her husband, Doug. Almost nothing has been written about Team K², their two daughters, Kristin and Karli. In my last post, Nancy (Njaa) Sande, I indicated that […]
Nancy (Njaa) Sande
Last November, I wrote in this blog about my sister. What I said then applies more than ever now. That post is repeated below. What is new since that post is that my sister will begin hospice care next Tuesday. On November 15, 2009 I wrote: Nancy is my sister. She was born almost nine […]
No Particular Subject.
I think I better throw a new post in here just so you know I haven’t given up on this blog or that I am ill or something. First, I’ll report that our agave still has not bloomed, and the flower spike continues to grow. If this keeps up, I’ll be made to install a […]
Another Desert Flower
The desert is blooming in our front yard too. The bloomer in this case is an Agave, a relative of the lily. Agaves come in many forms. We think this one is an Agave chiapensis. This is not the one that is used to make tequila, in case your are interested. After existing for many […]
They Pave Paradise And Put Up A Parking Lot.
I learned the other day that my old grade school building in Cooperstown has been torn down, and, after they fill in the hole it left, they will pave the lot and put up a parking lot. I’m guessing that the parking lot will serve the church that purchased the building and the gym next […]
The Blooming Desert.
Click on a photo to view a larger one. All of these were taken near our house.
Goodbye Otis.
It’s a sad day here. Otis, aka Otie, Buddy, Oat Wheat and Kitty, left us this morning. Kidney and liver problems, along with old age, finally did him in. He was a great cat, and we will miss him very much. Go to Good Friends to read a post about Otis and his brother.