tali nani talutsa

On Saturday, we spent the day at the American Indian program for our school district. While the kids played basketball and learned other fitness routines with Monty Fox, health director of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, I helped the adults make Cherokee double-wall baskets. My cousin, Eric Jolly, a master basket-maker and president of the Science Museum of Minnesota, taught me to make the baskets and I have been trying to pass along the knowledge in our community. Here is a link to a handy how-to Laurie made a while back.

Chef Boy-R-Jesse

Jesse decided to treat her mom and dad to an anniversary meal today. She made us spaghetti, salad and garlic bread. It was yummy and better than a fancy restaurant meal (I didn’t have to pay at the end of the meal — and no snooty waiters). The food was wonderful. Then the girls actually cleaned up and stacked the dishwasher. After I was released from cardiac ICU, Laurie and I thanked Jesse for the best meal of the year so far.