family health history

Trust Me, You Do Not Want Polio

With Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at the helm of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control, this vociferous anti-vaxxer wants to eliminate all vaccines. Based on my family’s experience, let me tell you why this is a very, very bad idea. Both of my parents had paralytic polio as children and it affected them their entire lives. My mom was struck by it on her first day of kindergarten.…

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Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

A month ago, I visited the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska with Eldest Son and his partner. It’s hard to believe it was that long ago when if feels like it was just a couple of weeks ago. I’m not sure where summer is going, but it’s certainly going quickly. As much as I like history and art museums, I am super enamored with public sites that feature nature and greenhouses. The Arboretum, or the…

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Matteo Mancuso at the Dakota Jazz Club

Hubby and I celebrated our anniversary with an evening out at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis to see Matteo Mancuso. Let me just say that we would both do that again in a heartbeat. We had never been to the Dakota before. It’s the perfect size venue for live music for this time in our lives. Yes, we’re now Olds, and we prefer more intimate venues where the volume doesn’t blow out our eardrums…

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