Louisa has been away at French camp since June 18, when we put her on a bus to Hackensack, a northern Minnesota town located about an hour south of Bemidji. She will be gone for a whole month and will earn high school credit through the Concordia Language Villages program, which is fantastique! She’s never been away from home that long, so it’s a new separation experience for her and for us – and a glimpse into what it will be like when she leaves for college in two years (gulp!).

I miss her – her smile, her musical voice, her wit, and her enthusiasm – but I know it’s important for her to have experiences that challenge her, without the safety net of parents offering advice or assistance. It’s the perfect opportunity for her, at age 16, to explore who she is and who she’s becoming.
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Residents of Duluth are receiving countless positive thoughts, prayers and good wishes this week as they continue to recover from a record-setting flash flood that has likely caused millions of dollars in damage.

I’m not going to review the details of the disaster in my blog (you can get that background by reading today’s Minnesota Public Radio story here).

We enjoyed a wonderful picnic – and the shade of the tall trees – last Saturday at Barden Park in St. Cloud. The “Main Street to Eighth Street” Lewis family celebration was a good excuse to bring the Riggs family members together for a gathering. Unfortunately, not everyone could make it, but we had about 75 percent of the family there, which was a great turnout for a busy summer weekend.

It may not be the country’s oldest continuously active community band – that honor apparently goes to the Allentown (Pa.) Band, which had its first documented performance in 1828 – but at 125 years old, the St. Cloud Municipal Band is certainly one of the old-timers among U.S. community bands.
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