My wife Kathie has been in the nursing home for the past two months. She is struggling because she cannot understand why she can’t be home with me. This has led to bouts of anger which is painful for both of us. Then I got a brilliant idea! I wrote for the magazine Minnesota Out of Doors from 1985 to 1991. I wrote a children’s column where I featured our family. Our three children, Steve, Jill and Bonnie would go…..
Standing just outside our living room window next to the patio we have a small “Bird Walmart”. It consists of a six- foot post wrapped in shiny tin to discourage the proverbial squirrel’s attempts to climb the slippery surface and stuff their furry little faces with sunflower seeds. Attached to the post is a metal pole for hanging flower baskets. There are no flower baskets attached however. Instead hanging on one of the hooks is my latest up to date…..