Half a century on, that “one small step” still looms large in our memories!

Living history

Chris Valenty: “Here are some photos, taken by Milo Casey, that ran in the Forest Lake Times in 1969. I am the young boy pointing at the moon.”

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When her branch of the family blew in unannounced, they came bearing something warm from the oven!

The Permanent Family Record
Including: Know thyselves!

DebK of Rosemount: “There being no farm visits on the calendar last week, my college friend KK and I did some visiting ourselves — making a road trip to the Willa Cather sites in Red Cloud, Nebraska, which turns out to be a lot closer to Kansas than either of us realized.

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A funny thing happened on the way to the James J. Hill House!

Oh, and were their faces red!

Deuce of Eagan writes: “My brother and his wife have always enjoyed taking part in Twin Cities events, concerts, and exploring historical places.

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It had been a bear of a day . . . and then a bear showed up!

Life as we know it

Norton’s mom of Eau Claire, Wisconsin: “Subject: Perhaps winter wasn’t so bad.

“It was just a week or so ago that I submitted an item to BBonward and remarked that perhaps interesting things worth writing about would start happening again.

“I didn’t specify that I didn’t want those interesting things to involve a bear.

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When did they put those things there?

Our gargoyles, ourselves

Gregory J. of Dayton’s Bluff: “I’ve always thought of myself as a fairly observant person. I might have to rethink that observation. I’ve belonged to St. Mary’s Catholic Church in downtown St. Paul’s Lowertown for five years, but have been attending Mass there periodically for the past 60 years. So why did I discover only a few weeks ago that there are two gargoyles on the church building?

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