They say that regular posting is the life-blood of a good blog. We have failed. But we have a good reason: we were in Chicago for three days without Eleanor. How wonderful and stressful but mostly wonderful. We were very sorry not to be able to show-off Ellie to all of our friends, but it [...]
Entries from February 22nd, 2010
Looks Like Ike
February 11th, 2010 · 4 Comments · EDG
We watched a PBS documentary about the bombing of Germany in WWII and what I learned is that Eleanor looks like Dwight D. Eisenhower. I mean really, really looks like him.
So we’re calling her Ike. We’re a little disappointed she’s chosen to resemble a dead, male, Republican known as a “do-nothing” president who didn’t oppose [...]
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Art Shanty 2010
February 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments · EDG, Minnesota, Uncategorized
Man I love this state. Yesterday, Emily, Dan H., Eleanor, Leo and I headed west of the Cities to Medicine Lake, the site of Art Shanty 2010:
“A four-weekend exhibition of performance, architecture, science, art, video, literature, survivalism and karaoke, ASP is part sculpture park, part artist residency and part social experiment, inspired by traditional [...]
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January
February 1st, 2010 · 6 Comments · EDG, Northfield
We’ve survived our first January in Minnesota. The driveway is an ice slick. The baby has a space heater. There were some days early in the month where it was snot-freezing, eye-ball icing, car engine-whining, thermostat-busting cold. The house isn’t too drafty but you can’t put Eleanor on the carpet to play until the place [...]
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