I had a appointment in town.  Cross another yearly check up off the list! I made a quick trip through the grocery store and the bank.  This...

I frequent the Ben Franklin Store in Park Rapids… otherwise known as “the dime store” or “the five and dime”  although nothing is a dime any...

I volunteered to give a new Board Member and his wife a tour of the museum.  Uffda…the place has gone to heck in a hand basket. It was dust...

I gave my best effort to the Historical Museum over the past few years. I am tired. I wish them all the best.  My last official day is Mar...

Museum “stuff” still seems to take up much of my free time.  Even the off season is busy, I am certain the Board members have no idea how mu...

We might as well have another mystery item.  What is in this jar? These were not being displayed, I found them under a display cabinet in ...

Finished my last full day at the museum for this year!  Yeah for me!  I am relieved.  Now I can take naps and stay up till who knows when, I...

A very nice lady dropped off this box at the museum.  It was one of the last things that I accessioned this year. We did not have this item...

Todays mystery items hang on a wall in the museum. Two items that would used by men to create or repair something. I will post the answer ...

Chance and I went to town on Friday, we had errands to do, Far Guy was working at the museum.  We stopped in to see how he was doing, he was...

I have three weeks left!  Ten working days, I have some extra days off because of times I was supposed to have a day off and no one could fi...

I have been trying to get my incoming shelves at the museum all cleared off.  One by one the boxes and bags are opened and spread out on my ...

I have been buried in old stuff, sneezing.  Old stuff sometimes makes me sneeze. That Record Cleaner had most of you stumped the other day....

On Saturday at work I tried to stay in my office and accession in items that have been accumulating on my shelves. I was making progress an...

The house has been quiet without the telephone interrupting my thoughts.  It has been silent since Sunday, one call snuck through yesterday,...

Six weeks until I can close the museum doors.  This week will be a hot one, we have heat and humidity.  Temperatures will be 90 degrees F to...

I have a new volunteer at the museum, her name is Kayla and she is eight years old, soon to be nine.  Last week she created a new Treasure H...

So long July.  The rushing around, hurry up summer is half over month. It doesn’t feel like July or August in Minnesota.  It is unseasonably...