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Life in a Rear View Mirror
Dick Juhl Yin/Yang My brother-in-law Paul B. Pedersen was much honored for his work in cross-cultural relations. He passed away last year after a long siege with Parkinson’s disease. He struggled ever...
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Shortest Blog in History
Bob Ochtrup Through many years of learning and experience, I feel it necessary to aways do what is RIGHT, not what is CORRECT" The post Shortest Blog in History appeared first on Becketwood.
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Guess who: The Assignment
In 100 words write an autobiography that anyone in the room will identify as you. Use chronology, physical description, values or events but tell people who you are so they will match the words with...
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Things That Eat Our Food, and Wild Expectations for Wild Animals
Dave Anderson Red fox, raccoon, opossum, skunk, deer, weasel, mink, owl, feral cat, gopher, gray fox, coyote, feral cat, dog, hawk, fisher, eagle, black bear, mouse. A friend in Somerset shot a...
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Reflections from a Rear View Mirror
Sitting with “Profound Thoughts” Dick Juhl That is a bit of an affected title, isn’t it? But really, I do, as I get older, sit and review my day, or days past. Does that happen to any of you? I saw an...
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Dogs! Or Dogs?
Wayne Tellekson Ten years ago I was Chair of the Marketing Committee and at an Open House two couples told me that they would move to Becketwood, but only if they could bring their dogs. They didn’t...
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Alice and the Unidentified Asian Male
Peaceful Prairie PasturesSenior Residence Click here to read Installment # 1 The post Alice and the Unidentified Asian Male appeared first on Becketwood.
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Counterpoint to Wayne Tellekson’s 7/25/2024 “Dogs!” Posting
By Jim Tennessen Wayne wrote the following statement: “Ten years ago, I was Chair of the Marketing Committee and at an Open House two couples told me that they would move to Becketwood, but only if...
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Alice and the Unidentified Asian Male
Click here to read Installment # 1 Click here to read Installment # 2 The post Alice and the Unidentified Asian Male appeared first on Becketwood.
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FIREFLIES
Patricia Cummings, August 2024 In the distance, fireworks flash and boom Discordant sounds lack rhythm Garish colors expose the skyline, Angular profiles and stark urban forms Raise doubts about the...
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Alice and the Unidentified Asian Male
Click Here to Read Installment #2 Click Here to Read Installment #3 The post Alice and the Unidentified Asian Male appeared first on Becketwood.
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It’s About Time – Life in a Review Mirror Series
By Dick Juhl “Time began so that everything didn’t happen at once.” Someone recently said that to me. I thought that was a neat way to turn a phrase. As I began to mull over what that could mean, it...
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Alice and the Unidentified Asian Male
Click Here to Read Installment #3 Click Here to Read Installment #4 The post Alice and the Unidentified Asian Male appeared first on Becketwood.
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Alice and the Unidentified Asian Male
Click here to read installment #4 Click here to read installment #5 (FINAL INSTALLMENT) The post Alice and the Unidentified Asian Male appeared first on Becketwood.
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Shortest Blog in History
Bob Ochtrup Through many years of learning and experience, I feel it necessary to aways do what is RIGHT, not what is CORRECT" The post Shortest Blog in History appeared first on Becketwood.
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Love on a Street Corner
By Jan Ekern This old world needs more acts of kindness. I like to remember something I witnessed in New York City a number of years ago. I was standing on a busy street corner in Manhattan,...
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Life in a Rear View Mirror series
It is easier to ask forgiveness... By Dick Juhl “It is easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission.” I had to mull over that quote to reveal its meaning. I think if a little girl or boy asked...
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Hats off to Our Hardworking People
Bob Ochtrup In all of society, we have a need for appropriate governance. The act of governing has (at least) two things to consider if it is to be appropriate to a community. One is the...
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Life in a Rear-View Mirror series
My dad, Olaf, was a good dresser. Oh yes, he did have a portly rounded shape -- one that it seems I am trying to assume. He did like good clothes; however, in his fifties and sixties he usually had...
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Through The Eyes of a Newcomer
Moving my cowbell a bit farther away and trying not to annoy the Becketwood Ukulele Society, I stood briefly next to a lovely young woman watching the Twin Cities Marathon alone this morning. She told...
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