The aunt we never knews

 Mom said her sister Loretta died at the end of October, 1938.
It was October 27th, seventy-two years ago today.

I think I would have liked Aunt Loretta, and mom wouldn't have felt so alone all those years.

There's a Portuguese word for a sense of missing something or someone you never had.  It's a sense of saudade for the aunt we never knew.

The Great Seal of the State of Minnesota

You have to admit I'm incredibly FUNNY!

Larry and I were talking about the history of Hawaii (where he grew up), and that led to discussing the statue of King Kamehameha on the Big Island and how the statue came to be. He mentioned that the image was used on the Hawaii statehood quarter, too, and googled it to show me ☺.  HERE'S ONE SITE that illustrates all the state coins...Minnesota has a bit of everything, Georgia has an unfortunate butt-shaped peach, and Hawaii  has the Roman-senator-like king.  THAT led us to state seals, and why Minnesota's is in French.

The earliest Europeans in Minnesota were French fur traders & explorers (Nicolet, Radisson, Marquette, Sieur Du Luth,  La Salle ) followed by French priests, in the 1630s to 1680s.  I suppose that felt like history by the time 1858 rolled around, huh?

Anyway, I remember being chagrined when I first saw The Great Seal of the State of Minnesota.  I was sure it would be German or Swedish or Norwegian and have a beer stein and a concertina, at least.  A French motto still feels wrong, don't you think?  But, 'Der Star des Nordens' doesn't have the same cache, I suppose....lol

What do these clippings have in common?

A recipe from Mrs Owens Cookbook from 1903

Gawd, I'm so FUNNY sometimes!