THE CROW’S
NEST------------------August
5, 2007
Gosh, I guess we always
have our parent’s genes to
contend with. It is 4 AM
Sunday morning and I should
still be in bed dreaming
about how slow-paced retired
life is---but NO!! I am
wide awake. I know for sure
I could call brother Dave
and sister Ruth and they
would be up also. We were
taught from early childhood
to arise early to help with
farm chores. That was good,
but “come on”, I am
63 years old—don’t you think
I could sleep in until at
least 6 AM???
Life is good in Edinburg.
Last night Chuck and I had a
wonderful evening dinner out
on our deck with lots of
fresh produce from our
garden. We enjoyed the
first ripe tomato. Now,
that is heaven. I put it on
a piece of toasted ciabatta
bread with olive oil and
added fresh mozzarella
cheese, garden cucumbers and
basil from my herb garden.
It was heavenly. What a
wonderful meal with a glass
of German white wine. We
sat outside for a long, long
time just enjoying summer.
It will come too quickly to
an end.
How can we ever describe or
come to grips with the
horrific tragedy in
Minneapolis/St Paul? We
were watching “Millionaire”
when the local station cut
in to show first hand
reports of the awfulness
that was happening.
Something so tragic in
Minneapolis seems very, very
close to home. We have SO
many young Edinburg college
graduates that have made
“the cities” their home and
of course, we thought about
them immediately.
Personally Chuck and I have
several nieces and nephews
that call Minneapolis home.
We also have good friends.
Scott Ulberg (Ron Ulberg’s
son) emailed me a couple of
nights ago saying all the
Ulberg family was fine to
include their circle of
friends. It is hard to
watch on television.
Life has gone on in
Edinburg since the
celebration—albeit a little
slower. We have experienced
more hot weather the last
few days. The hot weather
has had Chuck going down
every morning to water the
hanging baskets. This
watering had not been in our
summer plans, but we have
ended up doing it as no one
has come forward to offer to
help. It is a big
commitment as it takes about
1 ½ hours daily to water.
It was tough when we were
doing it twice a day.
Hopefully next year we can
come up with a better plan.
Changes have been taking
place in Edinburg. Norby’s
Diner closed July 8th
so many of us who patronized
the café wondered where we
would eat at noon. (I can’t
imagine fixing a noon meal
every day!!!!) Thank
goodness Rosie Denault who
owns the Fireside Lounge
came to our rescue. She is
serving noon meals. She has
set up tables and chairs to
resemble a café and has a
fixed menu for Monday
through Friday. Every time
we have eaten there is has
been so delicious! She has
had beef roast and pork
roast that has been so
tender it just falls apart.
I hope the citizens of
Edinburg and the surrounding
community will support Rosie
in her endeavor to
accommodate the community by
serving noon meals. Of
course, she still has her
wonderful Mexican food on
Wednesday’s. We have a
standing take-out
reservation for 2 chicken
fajitas and 1 burrito every
Wednesday night!!
With the closing of the
diner Senior Citizen meals
are now being served at the
Community Center every
Monday, Wednesday and
Friday. Larry Schuster is
preparing the meals with
help from Mary Seim. It is
so much fun to see so many
cars lined up on Main Street
these days. I understand
they have served up to 52
meals at a time. What a
great response from the
community.
We had a wonderful Luedtke
Reunion in Edinburg last
weekend. This would be
Chuck’s family on his
mother’s side. My, it is a
huge family. Chuck’s sister
alone, MaryAnn Lindell, who
lives near Fairdale has 27
grandchildren and 17
great-grandchildren so there is
lots of family. Most of the Luedtke family lives in
Minnesota around
Hutchinson. They enjoyed
coming to Edinburg and
Grafton and visiting the
area.
Summer time is a time for
travel. Fred, Dorothy,
Jackson and Taylor just
returned from a trip to
Düsseldorf, Germany, Paris,
London and Amsterdam. They
went over for a wedding of
Dorothy’s niece. Vera
Brandvold just returned from
a trip to Ireland with her
sister, Verna. Ruth and
Greg Hall are back from a
few days at the lakes around
Bemidji. Everyone needs to
just get away and spend time
enjoying life.
I really enjoy this time of
the year when our garden
really produces such
wonderful vegetables for not
only eating fresh, but to
preserve also. I stay busy
canning dill pickles and
sweet pickles. Chuck has
scoured the area for
chokecherries so I have
canned quite a few quarts of
juice for use in jelly
later. I also stay busy
freezing peas, peaches and
making peach jam. This
Scandinavian ethic of not
letting anything go to waste
is wearing me out!!!!
Thank you John E (Johnson)
for the wonderful visit
yesterday in Market on
Main. We go back a long,
long way when you played the
trumpet and I accompanied
you on the piano. Goodness
sakes, during those days of
the late 50’s and early 60’s
every little town had
“programs” and you being so
talented were always asked
to perform. Those were fun
times way back when.
Have
a great day and will talk
with you later.
I
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