MY JOURNEY – Eating alone.
Making my food just as I like it When Barry and I were first married, dinner was either grilled or pasta. But as we found ourselves hosting holidays and dinner parties, we bought cookbooks and new tools for the kitchen. …
Year: 2015
HIKE FORTY-SIX TO FIFTY
WINTER HIKES IN GRAND MARAIS As I continue my blog, I will try to be more current and write in real time when I can. In any event, I write now looking back to January when I stayed at a …
HOW TO SURVIVE A VISIT.
I just got back from a visit with Barry at his care center. I try hard to get there each day. It used to be that when I was there, I couldn’t wait to leave. And when I wasn’t there, …
HIKE FORTY-FIVE
Louisville Swamp Trail The Louisville Swamp is located off Highway169 near Jordan, Minn., south of Minneapolis. It is not far from where my dad had his hobby farm. My dad first bought the land as a place to store some …
Tagged with: Christmas trees, FTD, Highway169, Jordan, Louisville Swamp Trail, Minn, Pumpkin Festival, Sunada, YMCA
My Journey – Moorhead
LIFE LESSONS LEARNED IN MOORHEAD A couple of weeks ago, I walked around Moorhead, Minn., after speaking all day to kindergartners. I do love the little tykes, but, oh, was I tired! While I slowly walked that afternoon, I remembered …
Tagged with: Bloomington, Dairy Queen, Fargo/Moorhead, frontal temporal dementia, FTD, Moorhead, PEO, Red River Valley
HIKES FORTY-THREE & FORTY-FOUR
Hiking with friends I asked several of my high school girlfriends if they wanted to hike with me last fall. Kris was the only one able to make it. We hiked at Bryant Lake in Eden Prairie, Minn, on a …
OUR JOURNEY – Food for thought.
Really hard stuff to think about I go to a support group for frontal temporal dementia (FTD) care givers and loved ones. There I said it. I GO TO A SUPPORT GROUP! I am Swedish, and we don’t talk about …
MY JOURNEY
No more whining It has come to my attention that someone who reads my blog said that I should quit whining. This made me mad. Really, really mad! Right away, I fired back a note to the friend who relayed …
HIKE FORTY-TWO
A recurring memory Lyndale Avenue suddenly comes to an end in Bloomington just a couple of miles south of 98th Street. At the end of a large parking lot, you can see signs for the Lyndale Trail head, part of …
