March 11, 2006

• Random Thoughts

  OK. I don’t blog very often lately. I am trying to do something about that, really I am, but life just doesn’t seem to want to cooperate. Today, I am putting up some random things that are rattling around inside my head. They are not related. A lot of the stuff that’s floating around in my head is not related to anything in particular.

  The first is something that I have been meaning to post since Valentine’s Day. Our grandson Jake, who is 2 1/2, colored this picture for us for Valentine’s Day. It’s rather good for a kid his age, I think. He does seem to be aware that there is a picture on the page and that the goal when coloring is to fill in the spaces in the picture. He tries to stay inside the lines, but of course, he is 2 1/2, so that is difficult. He also likes to draw straight lines on plain paper and will work at that for a long time. Here’s his picture:

  

  In January, my grand daughter Madison, who is 7, made me this card for my birthday:

  

  It’s nice, isn’t it? She got the idea from my daughter-in-law Jess, who makes lovely handmade cards that are really wonderful to receive. Next to Madison’s mom, my daughter Betsy, I think Jess is Madison’s hero. Here is Jess’s card:

  

  I have a nice family, don’t I?

  In the last few days, I am also thinking about this guy:

  

  Kirby Puckett, 1960-2006

  I am not a sports fan by any means. I barely have a passing interest in them. Kirby Puckett, however, was a remarkable person. He was a Hall of Fame player who had his career ended too soon because of vision problems, but he was much more than that. He was an inspiration to many people. One thing that he did that many people were not aware of was that he put young athletes through college. I have a friend whose son went to school on a Kirby Puckett scholarship. Each year, a number of young minority athletes were selected to receive these scholarships. Kirby Puckett paid all of these young people’s college expenses. He also met with them periodically while they were in school. He wanted to give minority kids the opportunity to be all that they could be, and, of course, he chose high school athletes because he was an athlete.

  Tomorrow evening, there will be a big memorial held at the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis. Sports figures and other celebrities are coming from all over the country to honor Kirby Puckett, the poor black kid from one of the worst Chicago housing projects. The organizers of the memorial service are thinking that the crowd might rival the 60,000 people who came to welcome the Twins home when they won the World Series. That would be fitting because Kirby Puckett was a big part of that victory. We can’t go, but I will watch at least part of it on TV.

  And, the last thing on my mind today:

  

  Target Goes Forensic? Now, this confuses me just a bit. First, I have to tell you that this is my company. Not just because I like to shop there, but it really is my company. Dan and I have owned stock in the company since it was called Dayton/Hudson Corporation and was local over the counter. We felt very sad when the company changed its name to Target Corp, sadder still when Dayton’s became Marshall Field’s, and saddest of all when Target Corp finally sold Marshall Field’s. How can you sell your parent?

  This change is just plain mystifying. Target is now in the business of providing forensics assistance to police! They are good at it, too. Of course, that is not a surprise. Target is good at just about everything they do.

  Speaking of Target’s parent company, Dayton’s, I was such a fan of Dayton’s that a few years ago, my friend MaryLu gave me this doll. She is an Enfanbee Dayton’s Shopper. MaryLu also gave me her Dayton’s credit card to display with the doll. That’s it tucked under her arm. She stands right beside me as I work at the computer.

  

  Well, that’s what’s floating around in my mind today. I hope all of you are having a pleasant weekend. Want to come and help me correct papers?

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