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This photo was taken from our property on Ottertail Peninsula looking south toward Walker, MN. The point on the right hand side of the image is Big Hardwood Point, a favorite of walleye fishermen, and the island that is at the end of the sun's golden path is Goose Island, which also provides a wealth of structure that holds big walleye. I took this photo late in the afternoon on a cool, grey day toward the end of October, 2009.
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In the autumn of 1976 I was attending Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. One afternoon between classes I walked across Grand River Avenue from the campus into town and made my way to a record store that I liked to frequent. It was in this particular store that I purchased my first Thelonius Monk album. On this late Fall day as I walked up and down the aisles of the jazz section of the store, the music coming over the store speakers caught my attention. It was the music of jazz newcomer Pat Metheny from his first LP titled Bright Size Life. I bought the album and from that day on was a huge fan of Metheny's music. My wife Kathleen and I have seen him on many occasions, as recently as the spring of 2010 in Santa Cruz, CA. The first chance I had to see Pat Metheny perform live was in January 1978 at the Erickson Kiva on the campus of MSU, as the warm up act to Yusef Lateef (see poster above). What a show! Not only was Lateef amazing, but I got to see Pat Metheny as a kid in his early 20s with Jaco Pastorius on bass; and I stayed for both shows, 8:00 and 11:00 p.m. To this day, Bright Size Life is one of my favorite LPs. Enjoy the title song here.
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