Alaska Gold Rush

This image is from an old stereographic card and highlights the Gold Rush in Alaska.

Fruit soup and other recipes

recipe from 1950

The Women’s Club of Harris, Minnesota Cookbook, 1950. These pages are from the foreign dishes segment. Enjoy!

ooofta, its not the heat!

here in Northern Minnesota it is so hot, ish!  Sleeping at night is nearly impossible because of the humidity. We don’t have air conditioning as for 360 days of the year we don’t need it. The other night I got up at 3am and looked outside and was surprised to see a fox in front of our garage eating a snack.  the nightlight attracts moths and this little fury friend found a real eight course meal.  It was fun watching him dance with the bugs and snapping them up into his little mouth.  The heat didn’t seem to bother him, even though he has a fur coat.

I marvel at the animals that venture into our little piece of Heaven on Earth. We have a woodchuck living under our storage shed, deer roam everywhere eating my ornamental bushes….bear lumber through as well.

Skunks, porky pines and of course rabbits are common visitors to our acre and a half.

Sure it is hot and humid, but there is always something going on to keep you occupied until sleep comes.

ofta I get to meet some interesting folks

Recently I traveled to Minnesota’s Iron Range to give a talk to a group of amazing women.  The lady in the picture with me is a self described “senior cougar”  She loves to chat up men and enjoys every minute of her life. She says its easy to meet men, simple start talking to them!

Here is a song that will stick with you….oofta!

Click here  to listen to a song from Minnesota that will stick with you like a big bowl of oatmeal.

Nemadji Indian Pottery

Several people have contacted me recently about a book I wrote involving my hobby, collecting Nemadji Indian Pottery.  The pottery was made in the town where I live; Moose Lake, Minnesota.  If you are interested in learning more about this collectible….here is a link to the amazon.com website where the book is sold.

My first cameo role in a movie…Oofta Strange!

Here it is…the trailor for my first appearance in a horror movie~ it sure looks scary!

Kneivel breaks record…and a bone. Oofta!

As I reported on Thursday Robbie Kneivel would attempt to jump four airplanes and a helicopter as part of the Birthday Bash at the LCO Casino near Hayward Wisconsin.  Indian Country News is reporting he did break  a new world record near Hayward Wisconsin August 17, 2008.  To see video of his jump and to learn of his injury…click the picture above and go to Indian Country News.

Oofta–this guy was lucky!

Robbie Knievel’s next jump! Oofta!

Robbie Knieval

To see the television interview click on the picture!

Robbie Knieval, motorcycle Daredevil will jump four airplanes and a helicopter August 16th, 2008 on Saturday night, 6 PM at the LCO Casino near Hayward Wisconsin.

He visited the Northlands NewCenter and talked with me about his next big attempt to break a world record.  By the way, the Helicopter blades will be turning!  Oofta….this guy has guts!

Update on “Message in a bottle”

Thursday August 7th, Jitterbug and I tossed the message in a bottle back into Lake Superior. We included our own treasure map which leads to a buried treasure along Duluth, Minnesota’s lakewalk.

Click on the photo below to see the video of “Bottle Part Two!”

Message in a bottle