Several of you asked me about the driver who drove off the ferry dock in Northport around 7:30 last Thursday. He was a 74 year old man and he didn’t make it. They got his body and the car out of the water and they’re doing an autopsy to try to figure out what happened, but they don’t believe it was a suicide because he stepped on his brakes before he went over.
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Continue readingI woke up this morning with a migraine which I had all day to varying degrees, so I wasn’t as sharp as usual today.
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Mark and I just got back from watching Jesus Revolution at the theater. Talk about a flashback! I’ve been talking with a young neighbor of ours about what it was like in the “Old Days”…
Continue readingI had been looking forward to going to Rise Community Church all week because they announced last week that there would be a Christmas pageant put on by the children in church today. I haven’t seen a Christmas pageant in years!
Continue readingMom has started attending a church closer to her home since we were there last year, and she has wanted to have me come and visit her church. Today was my first Sunday to do that.
Continue readingThe main industry in Door County is tourism. New businesses are opening all the time, and they all need workers. Back in the day, students came up to work for the summer, but that source of help began to dry up, so businesses in Door County turned to other nations. They get J-1 students from other countries to come and work. The employers offer employee housing and often bicycles so that the students can get to and from work and around town.
Continue readingI worked this morning and missed the inauguration of President Biden, but this evening, I had the opportunity to watch the entire replay. I am not going to talk about parties and divisions, but I want to say that I was heartened by the pastoral prayers, the scriptures quoted, and the singing of Amazing Grace and a quote from another hymn. I was impressed with the poem by Amanda Gorman, America’s first National Youth Poet Laureate, asking us to “leave behind a country better than we were.”
Continue readingThis afternoon, I tried calling the Wisconsin Medicare line for free health insurance counseling. I don’t know whether I hit a wrong number or whether the call was hijacked, but I ended up in a scam call, and I’ll tell you what tipped me off. Continue reading