Retracing Your Footsteps In Life

If you ever have a chance to retrace your life's footsteps by going back to all the places that deeply impacted your life to see if you can see what happened still has a power over you, I would recommend it. Screen Writer Dan Hendrickson and I have been doing this as we continue on to Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska, [...]

By |2026-06-24T07:09:21-06:00April 8th, 2019|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Screen Play For Memoir Completed

After 20 years, I have been very fortunate to have found screen writer Dan Hendrickson, from Minnesota. For the past 6 months Dan has worked diligently on adapting my Memoir, "Did I ever thank you Sister?" to a Screen Play for a major motion picture as close to the written story as possible to maintain the integrity of the story. [...]

By |2026-06-24T07:09:25-06:00March 26th, 2019|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Celebrating 20 Years St. Francis Lodge

EST. 1999 36137 New Melahn Road, Lake George, MN 56458 612-382-3582 It was 20 years ago, April of 1999, that Beth and I purchased the land on beautiful Lake George, MN that we founded St. Francis Lodge on (www.stfrancislodge.org) . It has truly been a wonderful journey that has brought so many good people into our lives and who have been [...]

By |2026-06-24T07:09:30-06:00February 6th, 2019|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Bemidji Early Morning Rotary Club

                                                                                              EST. 1999                                                                                 36137 New Melahn Road, Lake George, MN 56458                                                                                                                       612-382-3582 Yesterday, despite 25 below temperatures, we had a good turn out of Rotarians to allow me to present "The Power Of Gratitude". They were a terrific group of People. I am big fan of the "Four Way Test" and all that Rotary does in our [...]

By |2026-06-24T07:09:35-06:00January 30th, 2019|Uncategorized|0 Comments

54 Years Later!

Last week, Dan Hendrickson, the Screen Writer who is creating a screen play for a film on my Memoir, "Did I ever thank you, Sister?", and I went back to Joliet, IL to do research on historic sites in my early life, and to meet with some of the friends I have stayed in contact who were with me in [...]

By |2026-06-24T07:09:39-06:00January 21st, 2019|Uncategorized|0 Comments

2018 St. Francis Award For Peace Winners Announced

Est. 1999  36137 New Melahn Drive, Lake George, MN 56458  612-382-3582   For Immediate Release: January 8, 2019- Press Release "His Holiness-Pope Francis, US Senator Amy Klobuchar (MN), Delta Airlines, Rotary International,‘2018 St Francis Award For Peace’ Recipients" Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019; Lake George, Minnesota:  US Senator Amy Klobuchar from MN, Rotary International, Delta Airlines, Pope Francis, are the 2018 recipients of the [...]

By |2026-06-24T07:09:43-06:00January 7th, 2019|Uncategorized|0 Comments

20th Anniversary Edition

Our 20th Anniversary Edition of my Memoir is available at Amazon in Hard Copy, E-Book, and Audio. If you would like an autographed copy, just let me know. I will sign it and mail it to you myself. I try and warn people this is a no-nonsense story. I didn't pull any punches and you may not like me after [...]

By |2026-06-24T07:09:49-06:00August 29th, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

38 Years & Always My Best Friend!

  After almost 38 years of a wonderful friendship, my lovely wife Beth has always been behind all of my successes and helped me up during my failures. I am truly a very Blessed Man! Now we are embarking on our newest venture together as we turn our retreat, St. Francis Lodge, into St. Francis Lodge Bed & Breakfast, a Free Retreat [...]

By |2026-06-24T07:09:55-06:00August 21st, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Fathers Day

Yesterday was Father's Day and my wife and I spent it up at our private Retreat we call St. Francis Lodge, on beautiful Lake George, in the Paul Bunyan Forest, ( www.saldileo.com/ St. Francis Lodge) in northwest Minnesota, just a few miles where the Mighty Mississippi begins its' 2,500 mile journey to the Gulf Of Mexico. It is a magical place for us [...]

By |2026-06-24T07:10:00-06:00June 18th, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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