Only in small town USA

Last week I called Gerald and invited him to have lunch with me. It is wonderful to work and live in the same small rural Minnesota town population 1,000. We met at the Railside, a few buildings down from the bank. My point of all of this is to share the different path my life has taken.

Gerald and I sat down to lunch and a bit later a local farmer came up and sat down with us to shoot the breeze. And then a bit later a couple more farmers came in and took their spots at the same table. Good ol' guys, bib overalls, flannel shirts, seed caps, whiskers and snoose between their teeth. We all just sat and ate lunch together. I could only laugh inside as 10 years ago if I went out to lunch, I sat at the table with "suits".

After paying 8 bucks for lunch, sharing local chatter (not gossip), talking about the weather and when planting will start, I would not change my life in Atwater for anything in the world. I kissed Gerald goodbye and was on my way with a skip in my step and a smile on my face. Life is good!

March Madness

Only in Minnesota - dog-gone-it!
This is the snow drift between our house and the garage.

Rembering Rocky

He brought so much joy into our lives. And now the house and our hearts are so empty. Last week, Rocky was hit and killed by a truck. Rocky was only 2 years old and this is so tragic. We will never forget....

Rocky is gone from our sight....but never our memory,
Gone from our hearing....but never our hearts,
Gone from our touch....but his presence is feld,
and the love he gave us never departs.

 
 
 
 

NASCAR race - Las Vegas

Gerald and I traveled to Las Vegas to attend the NASCAR race. It was beautiful weather and the race was superb! (Except for the fact that our driver, Mark Martin blew up his engine half way through the race - bummer!).

It is somewhat ironic to think of Gerald and I in Las Vegas. We don't drink and we don't gamble, we don't like crowds and we don't like the desert......Go figure! Aside from the race we were not real excited. I know this sounds terrible, but I just am not much of a traveler. I told Gerald when we got home that if we were not leaving town in our pickup pulling our camper, I wasn't going! I prefer remote quiet places in nature to relax and enjoy Gerald's company.

It was really nice though to get out of the cold and snow. I think all of us have been suffering from the doldrums of winter and are chompin' at the bit to have spring get here. The weather at was warm and sunny - a very welcome repreive.