Everything You’ve Read Is True
I can’t believe I am finally here, in fabled Northfield of Family *roll fame. It’s like getting to go to Disneyland, and almost as improbably picture-perfect. At this moment, Northfield’s wide, tree-lined streets are paved with gold — piles of fallen leaves. (Emily and Daniel [...]
Entries from October 28th, 2009
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October 28th, 2009 · 6 Comments · EDG, Northfield
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Have a pig stuck in your chimney? We know who to call
October 25th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Northfield
We joined a group of friends last night to go to the Cooreman/Lindenfelser Halloween Bash at Northfield Grand Event Center. The Event Center is a defunct theater that is rented out for occasions, weddings for the most part. But once a year Cooreman and Lindenfelser (two Northfielders we are told) rent the space for a [...]
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Cute, cute, gross
October 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · EDG
Here’s an interesting bit of Minnesota trivia. Children here do not play Duck, duck, goose. Instead, they play Duck, duck, grey duck.
I thought we might play a photographic version of duck, duck, grey duck here on the blog. We’re calling it cute, cute, gross. Ready to play? Here we go:
Cute, cute, gross. Unbelievably gross.
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Wilderness Park
October 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Northfield
On Sunday we went for a walk in our local county park, which is romantically named “Wilderness Park“. It’s a heartbreakingly beautiful park filled with winding trails, steep ravines, grassy glades, tree-covered cliffs and the twisty Cannon River which is the river that bisects Northfield. In Chicago we occasionally went orienteering or biking in the [...]
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I made it!
October 9th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
People are asking me how I spend my days. When Ellie is awake and happy, we play on her mat and I learn over and over again how much is too much shaking and jiggling before she throws up. I sing her songs and do dance moves to get her to giggle and smile. Once [...]
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The meaning of life and (is?) craps
October 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Academia
This past weekend, my colleague (colleague. Ha!) Jason and I headed to Danbury, WI for a St. Olaf organized philosophy retreat with the philosopher Susan Wolf. We spent the days at a faculty member’s lake house discussing a series of Susan’s unpublished papers on the meaning of life, morality and love. The sessions were excellent, [...]
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