Saturday, March 25, 2006

* Homemade bread is the best. Yes, I make bread.

* My eight-year-old informed me this morning that once his air bending skills are strong (it's an Avitar thing), he'll be able to fight tornados. I told him to not even THINK about it.

* I saw this today. It made me cry.

Family Buries Remains of Frozen WWII Airman

BRAINERD, Minn. (March 24) - Leo Mustonen's closest surviving relatives grew up knowing little about their uncle, other than that he died in a military plane crash. That changed only with the improbable discovery of the World War II airman's body, frozen in a California glacier for more than six decades.

People in this town who remember the handsome blond man shared their memories with Mary Ruth Mustonen and Leane Ross before his funeral Friday. They learned he was an ace student who excelled in science, who played in the school band and in sports, and who dreamed of working in aviation even as a boy.

"It's been pretty incredible," Ross said. "He's become really a person. He really feels like he is ours now, and we've grown to love him."

Mustonen's nieces were among about 100 people who gathered in their uncle's hometown to bury him. A full military funeral followed at a cemetery overlooking the Mississippi River.

You can read the full article. Rest in peace, Airmen Mustonen. You've earned it.

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