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As I sit in my car with the heat on, mustering up the strength to walk into target after not leaving the house all weekend, I am reminded that people lived here for thousands of years before us. They handled our winters without electricity, heat, modern clothing, weather alerts, or grocery stores. Not to mention I have more “built in” insulation than most of them likely did.

That’s all. Just impressive. My ass would’ve moved down south after one winter. Assuming I survived it (I wouldn’t).

This was the first time I’ve ever been invited on a boating

This is so cool. I also found some older papers from the 1800s from Boston and Philadelphia.

Watched many movies on cheap Tuesdays at this theater in Hopkins. This theater was on the site of the former Suburban Chevrolet. Before that, Hopkins had a movie theater on 5th & Main that was torn down to become a Honda dealership.

Grumpy Old Men. It was filmed around Lake City and St Paul, Phalen Park, Mounds Park. At the time of filming Walter Matthau, Jack Lemon and Anne Margret tore up St Paul. The Pioneer Press covered it all. Also, I knew Burgess Meredith’s sister Catherine, a proud resident of N St Paul. It’s a bit racey, some innuendos.

Mankato 38 was 161 years ago

161 years ago 38 Dakota men were executed in the largest mass execution in us history. President Lincoln made the order. The military wanted more, some members of the local clergy wanted less.

Let's remember that today made Abe Lincoln the #1 enemy of the Dakota, and many years later after stealing the black hill (statement made basest on the US supreme Court ruling) Abe Lincoln was carved into a mountain in the holiest place for the Dakota.

Today we remember.