We pulled into Wabasha yesterday and after exploring the town and finding the Eagle’s Nest (book store and coffee house) and the VFW, we ate at Slippery’s which is one of the sites of Grumpy Old Men. We like to sit outside on the water and Slipperys did not disappoint. One boat pulled up and docked and the owners left a dog who sat quietly and obediently while her owners ate a leisurly lunch. Good dog. Then after a few drinks at the VFW…. nap time and then… a lazy, rainy evening. Today dawned cloudy but not rainy, I watched Mass at 7am on EWTN, and after breakfast, we drove across the river at Winona to Kinstone…. a bluff top farm that a lady named Kristine Beck bought part of her parents’ farm and built, with the help of volunteers, a "teaching/restoring center"… It is down the road from a big quarry and she has set up acres of standing stones that has an area with a circle for campfire sitting, a labyrinth, gardens, corn fields, a chapel, a yurt… etc. At the door of the chapel is a statue of St Francis of Assissi who invites us to praise God for the amazing beauties of earth, sun, moon…. etc. I put a prayer ribbon on a prayer tree for friend Dave who had an accident with Debby his wife. A car ran a red light and crashed into them. Dave hit his head and has to see a neurologist. I think they are OK, but it is always good to pray for our hurt friends’ health. Kinstone was wonderful. We came back off the bluff and went to an Irish pub here in Wabasha…. then back to the room where Chuck and I lazed for 2 hours. Tonight I went to a writers’ talk of 3 Minnesota Crime writers called the Minnesota Crime Wave! They were a lot of fun! I sent Chuck off to the VFW where he watched part of the Vikings football game on TV. We are now back in the room settling in to picnic and watch a Denzel Washington movie on DVD. God bless you!!!!!
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