TUESDAY, August 23rd at 7pm: The Conclusion of BLUEBERRY SUMMERS

Blueberries and Doughnuts!  What else do you need to make a perfect?  Okay there's fishing and lemonade and ...

But a story of childhood adventures that includes a homemade doughnut recipe is something extra special!

CLARA JOHNSON'S DOUGHNUTS

Stir together, then set aside:

    3 cups sifted flour

    1 heaping teaspoon baking powder

    1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

    pinch of salt

Beat until light in large bowl:

    2 eggs

    1 cup sugar

Stir in:

    1 cup buttermilk

    4 tablespoons lard or shortening, melted and cooled (or vegetable oil)

Want to know the steps to finish the recipe ? . . . come and ask Kayden for the full skinny on how-to!

Tonight he wraps up Curtiss Anderson's childhood reminiscences, live in voice. 

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TUESDAY, August 16th at 7pm: More from BLUEBERRY SUMMERS

We often remember childhood summers with remembrances of fishing, swimming, and running in the woods.  Curtiss Anderson remembers all these things and more.  He also remembers a very old typewriter.

Curtiss Anderson revisits the notes and letters he scripted as a boy, originally recorded on his hand-me-down Underwood typewriter–his first foray into what would become a distinguished publishing career–to offer Blueberry Summers. A funny and warm story of experiences that inspires the imagination..

Kayden Oconnell presents selections, live.
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TUESDAY, August 2nd at 7pm: BLUEBERRY SUMMERS Continues

Kayden Oconnell reads from Curtiss Anderson’s classic coming of age memoirs.

Born in 1928 in Minneapolis, Curtiss Anderson grew up in an extended family of Norwegian-Americans, among whom the highlight of the year was time spent among the lakes of northern Minnesota.

For young Curtiss, growing up in the 1930s and 1940s, these were especially idyllic years. Time spent in the farmhouse among this extended family presented an opportunity for him to escape the strained and troubled relationship he had with his parents and enjoy the company of others, aunts and uncles, the loving care offered by family friends Leigh and Clara, the companionship of the family dogs – and the chances to experience young love of his own.

Through the tales he relates of these summers, so Anderson also explores the notes and letters he wrote as a boy, carefully produced on a hand-me-down typewriter. Missives and notes which, although he never realised it at the time, were in fact his first forays into what would blossom in his adult life into a distinguished career as a writer, editor and publisher.

BLUEBERRY SUMMERS: Growing Up at the Lake, Live in Voice. 

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TUESDAY, July 26th at 7pm: More from BLUEBERRY SUMMERS

Kayden is back with more from Curtiss Anderson's reminiscences on summer trips tot he lake growing up.

Anderson revisits the notes and letters he scripted as a boy, originally recorded on his hand-me-down Underwood typewriter–his first foray into what would become a distinguished publishing career–to offer Blueberry Summers. Here, the nationally recognized magazine editor offers a funny and warm story of experiences that inspire the imagination.

Kayden Oconnell presents, Live in voice.

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TUESDAY, July 12th at 7pm: BLUEBERRY SUMMERS: Growing Up at the Lake

In this classic story of a midwestern boyhood, Curtiss Anderson takes readers into the colorful lives of his robust Norwegian family and their wonderfully familiar summerscape in northern Minnesota: the lake place. Sweet childhood reminiscences comprise this coming-of-age memoir set in the poignant summers of the 1930s and '40s. Conversations on the porch with Dear Old Aunt Ingabord, a heavily accented relative from the Old Country. A budding romance and heartbreak with young Sarah, who lived across the lake. Wild blueberry picking behind Turnaround Island. Joyful tales devoted to cherished dogs he had outlived–old Shep and Mickey, Nebby, and feisty Bunny. And fond memories of Clara and Leigh, the loving couple who treated the budding writer as if he was their own child.

Anderson revisits the notes and letters he scripted as a boy, originally recorded on his hand-me-down Underwood typewriter–his first foray into what would become a distinguished publishing career–to offer Blueberry Summers. Here, the nationally recognized magazine editor offers a funny and warm story of experiences that inspire the imagination.

Kayden Oconnell presents, Live in voice.
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