We were anxious for an afternoon out of the house. And I needed relief from the Europe 1997 blogs. So, out we ventured to the winery, joining fellow wino music fans, Karin and Dave Berg, and Deb and Paul Trumm, for the music stylings of Erik Schultz. And away we go . . .
[The sanguineness of the cirrus . . . ]
In the end we are all just clouds wandering around without fighting off the winds. ~ Sijdah Hussain
Behind every cloud is another cloud. ~ Judy Garland
[And then Erik offered an afternoon of shelter from the pandemic . . . ]
[Even though he was wearing a Boogaloo boys shirt . . . ]
[His last performance before going into a 14-day quarantine so he and Kathy can pay their first visit to their first grandchild . . . ]
All music is folk music. I ain’t never heard a horse sing a song. ~ Louis Armstrong
All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff. ~ Frank Zappa
Erik with “Pancho & Lefty” from 3 years ago . . .
[The Fan Club . . . ]
[Just back from the Duluth music festival that never was this year . . . ]
Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny. ~ Frank Zappa
[The Fan Club, part deux . . . ]
[Everybody but Karin . . . ]
[Since she was lost in the crowd in the previous pic, here she is on a different day at the same venue . . . ]
[Now going for the artsy shots . . . ]
[If not the fartsy . . . ]
[The grape vines covering the pergola we’re sitting under . . . ]
[Appear to have a bumper crop of grapes this year . . . ]
[Bye-bye, buy bonds!]
Who knew that Frank Zappa was such a bard he was quoted twice here? ~ Me
There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won’t. ~ Annie Lennox
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! This is the follow-up to the original, “alexandriacardinals.wordpress.com,” which overwhelmed the system’s ability to handle it any more. Thus, this is “Part 2.” As the original was initially described:
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“It all began in a 5,000 watt radio station in Fresno, California” . . . wait a minute, that was Ted Baxter on the Mary Tyler Moore Show! Let’s see . . . oh yeah, it all began in 2003 when retirees, i.e., old people, in Alexandria, Minnesota, who had no desire to become snow birds, went looking for mid-winter entertainment here in the frozen tundra of West Central Minnesota. We discovered girls’ high school hockey, fell in love immediately, and it remains our favorite spectator sport to this day. Initially, and for several years, reports on these games were e-mailed to those who were actually snowbirds but wanted to keep abreast of things “back home.” It was ultimately decided a blog would be more efficient, and it evolved into a personal diary of many things that attracts tens of readers on occasion. It remains a source of personal mental therapy and has yet to elicit any lawsuits.
~ The Editor, May 9, 2014
p.s. The photo border around the blog is the Cardinal girls’ hockey team after just beating Breck for the state championship in 2008. It’s of the all-tournament team. The visible Breck player on the left is Milica McMillen, then an 8th-grader – she is now an All-American for the Gophers. The Roseau player in the stocking cap I believe is Mary Loken, who went on to play for UND; and the Cardinal player on the right, No. 3, is Abby Williams, the player we blame most for making us girls’ hockey fans who went on to play for Bemidji State.
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Photos contained herein are available for personal use. All you have to do is double click on any of the photos and they will become full screen size. You can then save them into your personal “My Pictures” file. They make lovely parting or hostess gifts, or holiday gifts for such as Uncle Ernie who wants to see how his grand niece is doing on the hockey team. If any are sold for personal profit, however, to, for example, the Audubon Society, National Geographic, Sven’s Home Workshop Monthly, Curling By The Numbers, or the World Wrestling Federation, I only request that you make a donation to the charitable organization of your choice. You have two hours and fifteen minutes. Pencils ready? Begin!
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