Thoughts and stories, by Pal

2059: I'm starting to write about my son, Wayne, and his wife Julie, and going on their mission to the historic sites in New York, and Pennsylvania.  They leave to go into the MTC on Monday, April 27th, 2026.  Their farewell is on Sunday April 26th, the day before. This is my husband Wayne, and his twin Blaine on the left. in their high school yearbook, probably 1950, as seniors.  Today is April Fool's Day, 2026, 76 years later! Wayne and Blaine were both pranksters! This story happened, probably in the 1960's or 1970's. Blaine was teaching in Las Vegas, and Wayne in the Jordan School District in the Salt Lake City area. Blaine had told his principal, in the school where he taught, that he had been in touch with a Hungarian educator, and that he was coming to visit their school on April 1, 1965? (Whatever day it was that year) and he wanted to check out their school.)  His name was Lirpa Loof!  So the who school was primed to be very polite ad attentive to Lirpa...

  Since I last wrote, a lot of time has passed!  Today is March 4, 2026, and I am trying to remember what has happened in my life here in Fairfield Village, in Layton, Utah. I was given an organ, a small organ with rhythms, an octave of foot pedals, and a bench.  Our branch received another organ to use on Sunday, and the one I was given was stored in the hall upstairs, outside of the Multipurpose room where we held our Sunday meetings.  The administration wanted to have it removed, so they wondered if I would want it.  It was quite bulky, and I said I may want it, and one day they brought it!  I tried to play it one day, and it made my back sore, as I have a slipped disk or two in my lower back.   I decided I didn't want it, and after awhile the men in the branch here came and took it to the DI. Since then I have been able to get my room here organized for an art room, and I want to start using my blog again on my computer! I really am trying to ...