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It’s a very comfortable 66ºF, although a bit humid this fine Saint Paul morning on my back porch. I served for a time while I was in the Army at Fort Gordon near Augusta, GA, and the weather here this past weekend reminded me of the weather I suffered through then: mid to upper 90s and tropical!...
07/08/2007
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Life is full of changes. Codger Harold Peterson died on Wednesday morning, peacefully, in his sleep. We buried him today. He will be deeply missed by his family and his friends. We knew sooner or later one of us would make that final journey. We also agreed that would mean the end of the Codgers...
07/08/2007
Medford met me at my back porch early this Monday morning. According to my replica “Pruett’s Pig Powders” thermometer, the temperature was 74ºF, and it felt muggy, and my lens-assisted original equipment eyes told me it was hazy, here in our hometown of Saint Paul, Minnesota. A quick look at loo...
06/17/2007
  By the time we launch this post, it will be waaay past dawn on this fine Father’s Day Sunday morning. As you can see, the whole crew of Codgers & Codger Ladies (& Cyber-Daisy, my step-dog) are here this morning enjoying our porcelain, not china, but made in China, Codger Collectible Mugs of org...
06/17/2007
              Good morning Gentle Readers! Here aboard the Pegasus, anchored in our secret cove on Cyber-Lake Superior, it is a computer-controlled 65ºF, with a light northwesterly breeze. As you can see, I’m in the pilothouse with my loyal step cyber-beagle Daisy standing watch on the deck just ...
06/16/2007
By Laura Ambrose            Well, we’re, at the computer-controlled 72ºF and sunny Codger…“Collie, please park the ‘Express,’ you’re blocking our Gentle Reader’s view of the great natural beauty of the rest of us!”“Sorry.”                          “Ooo—that’s bright!” As I was saying—Codger Lodge...
06/14/2007
  Medford and I are here this morning on my front porch, in the Real World of old Saint Paul, where it is currently 69ºF, with a predicted high of 90ºF. We are enjoying our porcelain, not china, but made in China, Codger Collectible Mugs of organically & shade-grown, fair-trade, Sumatran-Roast co...
06/13/2007
  Jay and I are still here on Jay’s back porch monitoring the cyber-spottings of the Codger Ladies from around cyber-space, and enjoying (“Jay, what is it we are enjoying, exactly?” “ Med, just scroll down the page to yesterday’s post and copy & paste—it’s what I do.” “Oh, OK—isn’t that cheating?...
06/12/2007
  I was minding my own Saturday business this past weekend when I heard the unmistakable sound of big radial aircraft engines approaching—the sound of veteran warbirds! As I sprinted into the house (sprinted? I crack me up!) to grab my camera, at least six AT6 Texans overflew my home. The North A...
06/10/2007
 Well, for the moment, we’re right here on my back porch, enjoying, at least most of us, our porcelain, not china, but made in China, Codger Collectible Mugs of organically & shade-grown, fair-trade, French-Roast coffee on a lovely clear skied, 57ºF Saint Paul morning! The day promises to remain ...
06/07/2007