The holiday season should be a happy time so I’m sure you’ll understand why I didn’t share the news of the passing of Jane’s father, Bill Matthies. We’re sad to see him go, but it was a blessing to have him as long as we did. We should all be so lucky to have 90 years of adventures on this earth. There has been a …
Gales of November
Now, for something completely different.Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.Fifty years ago I was a 12 year old boy living in Minnesota. I have vague memories of Dave Moore reporting about this during the evening newscast on WCCO tv. What I remember more than the newscast was the song …