Minnesota South

Tiger Point Marina, N30 41.50 W081 27.25

(6/2/05) This morning I did fika with Ingmar and friends. I met Staffan and Bert. We had coffee and a coffee cake and we conversed in Swedish. It didn’t take long though for them to tire of my poor pronunciation and we switched back to English.

All three men have interesting backgrounds. Indeed, I think I’m going to meet many Hemmingway characters in the coming years. Ingmar started in the merchant marine, then he built nuclear plans in Sweden and California. Bert served in Vietnam and he built a pylon racing airplane from scratch and races it. Bert also has a peg leg. Not a wood one but a stainless steel one with knee and ankle hinges, but sans the flesh-colored exterior.

I finished my painting today. The other projects may be finished tomorrow. Libby arrives in Jacksonville Saturday. Life is not so bad.