THE CROW’S
NEST--------------August 9,
2010
Have
you ever been so fond of
something that you just
could not bear to part with
it even though you know it
is ridiculous to hang on to
it? Yesterday morning I
decided to meet this
predicament head on and make
a decision. I have owned a
black sweatshirt for the
last 25 years. It was full
of holes, stretched out and
thread-bare, but it was like
a security blanket. Once I
decided to throw it away I
took it to the waste basket
and held a little ceremony
over it. I made Chuck
participate. I know he
thinks I just fell off the
turnip truck. It indeed was
a sad occasion.
The weather has been
very hot and humid. It is
wonderful growing weather
for the crops. Field
harvest has started.
Gardens are flourishing and
bushes/trees are heavy with
fruit. We were out at David
and Loretta’s farmstead and
picked lots of raspberries.
I got 16 jars of seedless
raspberry jelly. My kids
think I’m nuts to go through
all the work of picking each
seed out one by one (shhuuss—don’t
let them know I really don’t
do that!).
I saw
the craziest thing on the
way home from Grand Forks
last Thursday. A car
followed me for quite a
while. I noticed it had a
Minnesota license plate on
the front. Finally it
decided to pass. Don’t you
suppose it had a North
Dakota license on the back
of the car. Now that is
duel citizenship!
We just bought a new
computer with Windows 7. I
know it will really be good,
but has it ever sent me in
to a tailspin! I use
FrontPage for the
website-----Windows 7 will
not acknowledge that
program. So, I was a total
wreck when I thought I had
lost the tools to update the
website. After some
searching I found FrontPage
on my laptop. I can still
work with the site, but have
ordered the new generation
of MicroSoft Expressions to
use. Now I just need the
expertise and help of
someone knowledgeable to
help me set it up! At the
present,I can no longer
archive previous issues.
I hope this can be rectified
with the new program.
Please hang in there during
these changes.
Oscar
Byron has retired. Oscar
taught for 50 years.
That is quite a record. He
told me he is looking
forward to retirement.
Patsy
Foseide has been in the
hospital as has Maxine Sveen.
Arnold Bjerke was also
hospitalized. Arnold had
major, major surgery last
winter and still is
recuperating from that. He
has spent the summer custom
combining from Texas to
home.
Our sympathy goes to
Lillian Troftgruben and
family on the death of
Harold this week. His
funeral was yesterday.
Hartley, Chuck. Faye, Irvin
and families were here.
The extended “Monson
Family” enjoyed having kids
and grandkids home last
weekend. It is great when
we can be together.
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