GlenndeavourA Wonderful Adventure

Refer to my blogs of July 26th and 28th for the story of Luverne, Minnesota being chosen as one of the four communities in the United States in which one veteran and community was traced throughout the war. the documetary showed on pbs in two hour segments for several days.
Yes, America is the greatest land [...]

Veteran’s memorial-Rock County, Minnesota aka-Luverne-county seat

Ray Rye’s widow, Sandy’s,letter.

Roger Nelson, DMV, retired,shared this animal lovers card with me.
I dedicate it to Ramona, Summer, my grand daughter and all the animal lovers in this,the greatest country on God’s green earth.

Roger Nelson, left, and Duane, right, were really great horsemen. Roger still is and we honor the life of Duane and all that he meant to our children.
Daniel is on the horse to the left and Randy is on the horse to the right, The year is 1963 and we we visiting the Elmer [...]

Barbara Nelson-Summer-2008
Re: the traditions of masks.
Masks are popular in many groups. The Native American “Masks” had many and varied purposes from entertainment to spiritual and/or medicinal purposes. Many tribes believe/believed that when a person donned certain maks for specified ceremonies or rituals, the actual spirit of the animal entered the individual wearing wearing it [...]

Hanzel the Watchmaker-nee-Barbara Nelson-Summer parade-2008

Hanzel is a main stay in the New Ulm, Mn.festival

Thanks to the NASA channel,one can now watch the entire footage on the shuttle returning to Edwards Air Force Base in the Lancaster, Palmdale area of California.In 1957 I was attending a teacher orientation in Riverside, California and we saw the Sputnik race across the evening sky.It was at Edwards that Chuck Yeager [...]