Tag: minnesota life
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July 03, 2008 10:13 PM EDT --
It was a gift... unexpected... and unaware you needed it until it was there.
The best kind of gift.
Lunchtime in downtown StP. The tension of a work morning at a terminal . . . more
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July 04, 2008 05:08 PM EDT --
It's typical... it's cliche... and I love it.
Family on the Fourth.
Hey, if you want edgy... go read something else.
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July 07, 2008 09:55 PM EDT --
See the sly boy's face...
Between the thicket of two pines...
Look up, see the sunshafts...
Busting through branches, through leaves and tangle...
Of maple fronting . . . more
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July 17, 2008 10:46 PM EDT --
He's quite certain that his parched throat, his squint means no disrespect to the sun.
Morning breaks and with comes the bravery of songbirds seeking food
It humbles him ... . . . more
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July 20, 2008 11:00 PM EDT --
The robin's alarm and the crow's rude cackle are all to be sensed...
The world still sleeps, except for the birds of pre-dawn...
So complete is the darkness here, no laws exist, . . . more
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March 19, 2008 12:51 PM EDT --
In response to Julia Schrenkler's challenge, S hare Your History: How Did You Arrive In Minnesota ,
I have put together the following ...
MINNESOTA . . . more
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June 28, 2008 06:02 PM EDT --
Went to a graduation party in Monticello, Minnesota.
The American Legion Post 60 hosted the little event (cake was sweet, the drinks were plentiful).
Outside the hall sat a sculpture . . . more
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May 14, 2006 01:22 AM EDT --
Ok, so do you like to fish?
If so, what kind of fish to you like to "try" to catch...and do you have any luck?
I love to fish for bass. I enjoy the casting & reeling motion, watching some, . . . more
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May 11, 2006 12:43 AM EDT --
Last year we sold our Minnesota lake home & moved to a lake in Texas. We weren't sure if Texas was the right choice for us, so we moved back to Texas...I know a lot of moving, but I'm not done . . . more
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November 07, 2006 08:25 AM EST --
Talk about everything - and anything - but politics on election day? Why not? Sure, some of us are delighted in the day, glad to see our work primed to display results, looking forward to the event, . . . more
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March 27, 2008 04:50 PM EDT --
It seems like it has been senior center hot here in the office, and all I want to do is go outside and stare at the spot the garden should occupy. I marvel that my bus commute doesn't outlast the . . . more
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June 23, 2008 10:55 PM EDT --
The girl at three and a half refuses to see limits. Parents try to set deadlines for eating, bathing, sleeping.
They warn her how the brick she's holding in her small . . . more
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June 26, 2008 12:22 AM EDT --
Sometimes it's the messenger. Sometimes, the message.
But here might be one of the rare times when it's the company messages keep. A sign touting cheap divorces next . . . more
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June 30, 2008 10:29 PM EDT --
Tell me if you uber-amateur musicians have this experience.
I pick up the old axe (well, it's a cheap Fender acoustic so maybe axe isn't the right word)... maybe pocket knife.
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June 25, 2008 06:31 PM EDT --
The conventional story when it comes to gas prices and the vacation season goes like this:
1) The vacationer decides to curtail their plans.
2) The resort/hospitality person frets about reduced . . . more
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March 23, 2006 10:54 PM EST --
i have enjoyed jello through the years (esp grape!), although we usually avoided the types of recipes that are in the ancient recipe books....the ones that call for crushed pineapple, or cool whip, or . . . more
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August 02, 2006 05:48 PM EDT --
So...this summer I am milking two very fine dairy goats. Twice a day I get a gallon of milk that I have been making into cheese. The summer began with several failures, but lately I have aged . . . more
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January 18, 2008 04:18 PM EST --
Porky's Drive-In
1890 University Ave W
Saint Paul, MN 55104
(651) 644-1790
I have an Achilles heel for hamburgers. When . . . more
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January 19, 2008 04:30 PM EST --
President Bush and our Washington leaders are setting down a plan to "stimulate the economy." Perhaps it's more like that moment when the ship with a leak starts listing and you grab the . . . more
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February 13, 2008 01:13 PM EST --
I must admit that I have been accused of chocolate snobbery. As I grew as a foodie, my palette was no longer excited with milk chocolate. I picked up the dark chocolate habit and never looked back. Until . . . more
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