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Weeding, thinning in the vegetable beds.\u00a0 A soothing practice, sprucing up the rows of beets, carrots, spinach and taking young weeds out now, before they get big.\u00a0 When I first went outside this morning, in a sweatshirt, I had to go back inside and put on a light jacket.\u00a0 A friend told me yesterday that an acquaintance, in the BWCA on vacation, woke up to a frozen pond near their campsite.\u00a0 Minnesota.\u00a0 A day with sunny skies and cool temps makes gardening a joy.<\/p>\n
Buddy Mark Odegard has a new knee.\u00a0 Here’s to his recovery and regaining the full use of his leg.<\/p>\n
Brother Mark has a lot of things to ponder right now.\u00a0 He’s considering what might be his next move and he has a good number of options.\u00a0 Making this a bit more difficult is a feeling he has, “I feel like a refugee in my own country.”\u00a0 He’s been gone 22 years and the contrasting cultural mores of Southeast Asia, especially Thailand, make him a stranger in his own, native land.\u00a0 A peculiar, rather poignant experience.<\/p>\n
When asked what the cues were, he said, “English speaking everywhere.\u00a0 All the white people.\u00a0 Americans are more direct, more in your face.”\u00a0 Wonder if he meant me?\u00a0 Could be.<\/p>\n
Can you believe Memorial Day weekend has arrived?\u00a0 Things are buzzing back in Speedway, Indiana where the 500 will run for the 100th time.\u00a0 I haven’t kept up this year though a quick review of the 33 cars shows 4 women in the race including one qualified ahead of Danica Patrick.\u00a0 When a woman wins the Indy 500, it will be a huge moment in motor sports.<\/p>\n
By now in Indiana I would have known the results of time trials, the strategies for the new cars, the old faces and the rookies, new moves for pit crews.\u00a0 Indy drivers get interviewed on TV and newspapers have separate pages devoted to the race information.\u00a0 Whether you attend or not, and most don’t, the 500 takes over Indiana life for the month of May.\u00a0 The May classic.\u00a0 And it’s back for the 100th time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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