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2015

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  1. Tuesday, January 6, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Moving In with Joel

    Jojo and I woke up early to bring her to Milwaukee for her flight to New York City. We were late for her flight because of the snowy weather and rush hour. I was so sad to see her go.…

  2. Saturday, January 31, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Mega Fort Battle

    I went to Econo Foods in Sturgeon Bay to help the kids bag groceries for DI. I got there pretty late. The kids came back with me and so did Jacob and we all went to the Kress Center and…

  3. Friday, February 6, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    The Old 8mm Films

    Helen was up from Oshkosh to visit Dad with the girls. I went over there. She had gotten our old childhood 8mm films converted to DVD. We decided to watch them when Debbie Schaut came over. It was so nice…

  4. Sunday, March 1, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    My Show at Luna

    Today I had my art exhibit at Luna. I went to UWGB first thing in the morning to finish up my box and my artist statement. I went over to Luna about 2:30 to install my box and a few…

  5. Tuesday, March 17, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    His Fantasy Land

    The oxygen machine hums all day. It doesn't stop. The morphine pump beeps at intervals I've memorized by now. These are the sounds that fill Dad's house — not his whistling, not the clatter of tools, not the screen door…

  6. Monday, April 6, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    My Dad Died Today

    Today was Donnie’s birthday. He had off for Spring break and spent the night. I’m afraid it wasn’t much of a birthday for him because of his grandpa dying the night before. I took him and April and Aaron to…

  7. Thursday, April 9, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    The Dash Between the Years

    Today is the funeral. The last couple days Helen and I have been spending time together and we made a photo board of Dad. That was the best kind of therapy is just looking at photos and telling stories with…

  8. Thursday, April 9, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    The Dash Between the Years

    The last couple of days, Helen and I sat at Dad's house making a photo board. We spread everything out — shoeboxes, envelopes, loose prints — and just started sorting. That was the best kind of therapy. Not talking about…

  9. Saturday, April 11, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Finding an Apartment

    It was a stressful day of looking for apartments. I ended up finding one near downtown. It is not perfect, it is small, but it will do. I was relieved so took up Abby on her offer to get a…

  10. Wednesday, April 15, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Back from the Airport

    I picked up Jojo from the Milwaukee airport today. I was a little late because of rush hour traffic. We walked around the Third Ward a bit and then drove to Oshkosh to stay with Helen. They were sleeping when…

  11. Thursday, April 16, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Like Old Times

    We had a nice slow morning and breakfast with Helen and the girls. Jojo and I packed up our stuff and drove to meet drop some items off at our new apartment, such as Gertie, because we couldn’t bring her…

  12. Friday, May 22, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Cherry Blossoms in Door County

    Jojo and I went to Door County today. She wanted to make it up for when the cherry blossoms were still out. We thought they were over at first, but as we drove farther up the coast they were still…

  13. Saturday, May 23, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Root Beer Float with Donnie

    Donnie came over today; not for long but it was so nice to see him. I haven’t been able to spend as much time with the kids lately because of the death of my father and how it’s affected my…

  14. Saturday, June 27, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Road to Vermillion

    Kit and her friend Emily spent the night on the way through from their road trip. We went to Titletown Brewery last night. Today we departed for Vermillion SD, but first stopping at Minneapolis to spend the night. We had…

  15. Sunday, June 28, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Arriving at Frogman's

    After a few errands we headed towards Vermillion and stopped in Mankato to visit Josh Winkler and Rachel James. They gave us a tour of their house and of the studios at Mankato State. We continued to drive and arrived…

  16. Monday, June 29, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Bookbinding Begins

    Today classes began for Frogman’s. We got right into the making and my instructor, Nicole Hand really knows her book binding.

  17. Saturday, July 4, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Natural Fireworks in the Badlands

    Today was the last day of classes, though Nicole already left. I did a few last items. It has been a great week, and I feel as though I’ve learned a lot about bookbinding, a subject that’s stumped me for…

  18. Sunday, July 5, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Dead Men's Heads in Stone

    We did get up early and threw the camping gear in the trunk and drove off to see more of the badlands. It was worth getting up early as the sun was just coming up and was in our view…

  19. Monday, July 6, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    The Cathedral Spires

    Now that it was a Monday, we hoped there would be less tourists. There was not. We got to see more of Deadwood, but then went west for a beautiful drive and take a gander at Devil’s Tower. We decided…

  20. Tuesday, July 7, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Walnut Grove

    We did not wake up as early as last time and boy could we sure notice. There were a lot more tourist up and around. We got a nice drive and look at the Badland hills once more and a…

  21. Wednesday, July 8, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Always Nice to Be Home

    We woke up and had some cereal and went to Highpoint to say “hi” to everyone and view the Co-op exhibit. Then drove across Wisconsin to home. It is always nice to be home.

  22. Monday, July 27, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    International Pop

    We just got done with a fabulous weekend spent with Libby and Jon at the Winters’ in Minneapolis. We got to go out to eat (Bachelor Farmer) and drink a lot and had a barbeque at the Winter’s house. The…

  23. Friday, September 18, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    A Week in Knoxville

    I’ve been in Knoxville, visiting my sweetie, Jojo, for almost a week now. I left Sunday morning about 6 a.m. and drove through the day to get there. It was a very nice day for a drive and I listened…

  24. Thursday, October 1, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Kielbasa and Space Talk

    I got back to Green Bay on Monday night. It was a sad, long 12-hour drive back missing Jojo the whole time. It was really great to see her for two weeks and get a glimpse into her hard-working life…

  25. Thursday, October 8, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Inside Grace Lutheran Again

    Yesterday I went to Luna and had coffee with Joel and caught up. It had been awhile since I’ve seen him. We then drove with Amy to Algoma to look at the Netto Palazzo and drove through the countryside to…

  26. Sunday, October 25, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Besady and Fonferek's Glen

    October 25, 2015 --- The Sunday before, driving back from Algoma, I pulled off at the Besady Fish and Wildlife Refuge. No plan. Just a feeling that I should stop. It was supreme fall. That's the only way to say…

  27. Sunday, November 15, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Al's Hamburgers

    Donnie came this weekend. It’s always so nice to spend some time with my son. We spent most of the time playing minecraft. We went for a long walk downtown on Saturday and I took Donnie to Al’s Hamburgers, a…

  28. Thursday, November 26, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Frost on Baird Creek

    It’s Thanksgiving Day today. I went for a nice run in the morning at Baird Creek and there was frost on the ground and fog in the creek and was beautiful. Later, I went to Helen’s and had dinner with…

  29. Thursday, December 17, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Krampus Cards and the Drive to Knoxville

    December 17, 2015 --- My last day of teaching was the 16th and on the 17th I drove straight through to Knoxville to get Jojo. No stops except for gas. Just hours of highway and the feeling of the semester…

  30. Tuesday, December 22, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Christmas in Minnesota

    December 22–27, 2015 --- Jojo and I drove to Minnesota for her family's holiday celebrations. We stopped first in St. Paul to do some shopping — the Mall of St. Paul, Cooks of Crocus Hill, Wet Paint. Wet Paint is…

  31. Monday, December 28, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    The Blizzard Drive

    December 28, 2015 --- We left St. Paul around three in the afternoon. The drive to Green Bay is normally four hours. The weather was fine when we started. It wasn't fine for long. A blizzard came in fast —…

  32. Thursday, December 31, 2015 · Don Krumpos

    Stranded North of Wausau

    Jojo and I left about 4 to go to Washburn to go skiing and see her aunt Kathleen and Joyce. It was a pretty drive up when we got past Wausau all the trees were covered with snow. We had…