Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Visiting Butler, Part II


 On our way to lunch (where Dave and Jim had country-fried steak), we stopped at Curtis's medical offices which he has decorated with paneling made from wood he harvested from dead trees on his farms.  He also has a lot of antique surgical instruments and medical furniture along with a moose head.




 After lunch we headed to the new Battle of Island Mound State Park which adjoins his land where the actual mound is located. Atop the mound, we could see for many miles.






For more on the Battle that was fought here, click here. Click here for a video of the entire area from atop the mound.

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Between Two Worlds

Most of my life, I've considered it fortunate that I was just ahead of the Baby-boom. Generally, the Baby-boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 after the fathers returned from World War II. It was a huge population explosion that has reverberated through American society.

This blog will be part history, part memories, part reflections of a retired teacher, but active "Senior". I have always felt like I straddled two generations forming a bridge. Sometimes I think like a baby-boomer, but sometimes I'm locked into my parents' Depression era thinking. I'm a dichotomy of two eras. But, I'm always ready to try something new---so here I am dipping my toes in the water of Blogworld.