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Posted: August 12th, 2010 | Author: Julie | Filed under: Uncategorized | 6 Comments »From Kathryn Lavelle:
This poem is for my Dad…who suffered a massive stroke on Sunday at Havenwood Nursing Home. He was left in his bed for almost 5 hours with no medical care of any kind before they sent him to the ER…and that happened only after I saw what condition he was in and demanded they get him to the hospital. He is a man who deserves far more dignity than any nursing home could ever provide for him…especially that one!
The Watcher…
He watches
He waits with no real big surprise
And sighs as he sees Death with his ancient eyes
The pretty Grim reaper with her Dixie cups
“Take your pills boys…now bottoms up!”
The bed…the call light…the TV screen
have made his life into one long dream
Not awake
Nor sleeping lay
He never realized he’d be forced to pay
With his dignity
With his memories
With his freedom
With his independence
With his reality
So much life lived
So many things accomplished
So many selfless acts
So much love
And loss
And laughter
And heartbreak
And yet
The end is nowhere near as sweet
And is rather quite
anticlimactic
Can I go home now?
Please?
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pic by Abbie Buscher
I said the donkey- Deborah Davis
He loves me- Deborah Davis
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Jane Hastig
I am a fairly new artist. I make things mainly out of broken tempered safety glass from the glass shop I own with my husband and our business partner. (we can’t recycle the stuff and glass never breaks down in the landfill) I paint it , some I leave plain. I do a lot of glass-on-glass mosaics. I also use discarded frames and other “junk” as much as possible. My work can currently be seen for the month of August at the Cabin Coffee House and Café and I usually have something at Bad Cat Creations Gallery and Gifts.
I sent a few pictures from the Cabin display.
Jane Hastig
Glass Doctor Bemidji
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Nikki Powers
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My business name is Alice’s Animals and I’ve been sewing these little rascals for like 30 years out here in the sticks near Debs. Here is one of my all time favorites. The bunny stands about 3 1/2 inches high.
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Melissa Burness
http://melbecreations.blogspot.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/MELBE-CREATIONS/104224729613312?ref=ts
Pictures are Bemidji’s beauty.
My favorite spot is on Stump Lake taking a trip up the Mississippi.
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www.BadCatCreations.com
Christina Thorne
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From the Facebook page:
Favorite spots-
Mark Compton Lake Benjamin
Becky Brouse This a new side of Bemidji! no pun intended! I cannot wait to visit in September! Thanks for all the great Bemidji glances that feed me until I can come back!-
Chris Conway Conway’s Resort; Big Lake or Pikes Hole
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Dave Close The old Bunyan Boats down at the PB amusement park. They were death-traps! Kinda like a heavy metal 55 gallon drum with a stubby nose and fins welded on them. You could pedal around in a roped off area down where the fishing bridge is now for $0.50 or something like that. They were near the end-of-life when I remember them – a bit leaky and rusty. Anyone got any pix of them?
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Dale Dreyer Lindrud’s, Gamble’s, S&L, Wilson’s Kroll’s Sporting Goods, Western Auto, Glass Block Drug, Jakes, The Red Onion, Mr. Bun’s, Bridgeman’s, Sandee’s, A&W, The Flame, The Beaver Pond, The Bare Bear, Bronco Drive-In, Chief Theater, Bemidji High School, JC Penny’s Downtown, Woolworth’s, Bookraft, Noel’s Peanut Room, Mr. Steak, Renaud’s, The Pop Shoppe, Happy Joe’s, Xen’s
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Gary Lamon You guys are all showing your age…its a pity-I remember them all as well!
The Bemidji Bell -I know the Holms brothers must have some pictures…
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Dave Close It might be fun to try to match up old pictures of businesses or buildings with new ones. I just saw something last week on Huffington about it and it looked pretty cool. See http://www.historypin.com/ for something like it.
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Dale Dreyer Remember when the Armory was on Lake Bemidji?
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Carla Mistic who remembers the ‘hotpond’?____________________________________________
when I was very little, where Northland Apts. is now was an ice skating rink/bowling alley; There were municipal bathrooms downtown; The Friendly Tap downtown next to Bookcraft; National Grocery Store @ 4th n MN downtown; The Red Owl where Cenex Co-op is now; The Gasthaus; Donovan’s; Steve’s Grill on corner of 7th & Beltrami; Quik Stop at the junction; Clark Station across from Paul & Babe; Glass Block/Rexall Drug Store w/a soda fountain in the basement; Timberlane Drive-in; A&W Drive-in; a little candy store @ 8th & Irvine; The Beaver Pond; a little burger cafe @ the Junction; that place next to the Elk’s Club has been everything from a burger joint to a night club to a coffee shop to Frostbite Falls and whatever it is now; Wendy’s where Pizza Hut is now; Gibson’s where Lloyd’s Furniture is; Harmony Co-op was a laundromat; Woolworth’s;… enough already I guess
oops. guess I got carried away. Dale D. already named a few of these. I remember the armory. that was THE hangout back in the day. what was the name of that little record store downtown… by 3rd Street Cafe…
Remember Quick Stop out by the bowling alley? My first experience for fast food besides the Red Onion…
You do an awesome job for your town. I want to go there and I am allergic to freezing my ass off!
Come during the summer Sage you’ll fit right in. It was 100 degrees and 85% humidity a few days ago. Perfect
thanks Rose! love it