Figuring more stuff out.
June 2017 When I was a little girl, I used to get an empty frozen orange juice can from my mother. With can in hand, I would crawl under the bushes in the front of our house and pretend that …
Tag: YMCA
SUPERIOR HIKING TRAIL 2016
Elusive memories of our meeting, August Today as I hiked higher and higher on the Superior Hiking Trail, another memory popped into my mind. This is what I find so interesting about hiking: the brain brings up things when you …
This thing in your brain
It was there waiting in 1949 when you were just a little baby born to parents who should never have married. Twice! It was there when you learned to walk and talk. It was there when you lost your first …
Tagged with: dignity, first tooth, football game, frontotemporal dementia, Honda motorbike, McCool, Missouri, son of a bitch, YMCA
FIGURING STUFF OUT
I have a routine now that summer is over. I walk each morning with my friend Talla. We solve all the world’s problems in that one hour each day! After the walk, I head to the YMCA to row. The …
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
HIKE NUMBER FOURTEEN
The Hike In August, I baby-sat my granddaughter, Charlotte, for four days while my daughter and her husband took an anniversary trip Up North. It was the best four days — and the most exhausting. Charlotte and I hung out, …
Tagged with: bank account, Charlotte, Highland Park, Highland Park Reserve, Richardson Nature Center, YMCA
