Daniel and I had hoped to go away for a short vacation after Christmas. My mom was here so we could leave the wee Ellie with her and get out of town. My first impulse was to go to somewhere new and warm. New, warm and urban. And really cheap. And somewhere we could fly [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Minnesota'
Above Average Anniversary
August 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Minnesota, Moving, Northfield
Fair warning, folks: I’m going to get all “Sunrise, Sunset” in this post so if you’re not in the mood, move on. We’ve been in Northfield for just over a year now. I remember when we were making final plans to choose Northfield over New York City, I warned Dan that I would likely cry [...]
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Valley Grove
May 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Minnesota, Northfield
Last Sunday we headed a couple of miles south of town to visit the Valley Grove Churches. The two churches and graveyards sit atop a hill (neither in a valley nor a grove) and command beautiful views of the countryside around our town, including a small portion of restored prairie and some magnificent old Oaks. [...]
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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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We Always Cheer for Faribault
January 19th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Minnesota, Northfield
Once the baby goes to sleep, Daniel and I like to make the most of our evenings. Sometimes we read the Sunday paper on Wednesday. Other times, we make soup or instant Jell-O pudding. When we’re feeling really wild and crazy, we see what’s on C-SPAN or a local cable access channel whose programming consists [...]
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The Minnesota State Fair
August 31st, 2009 · 6 Comments · Minnesota
We went to the Minnesota State Fair yesterday. The State Fair is a big deal in MN. Just to give you an idea: in the 7 years I lived in Illinois I never once heard of the Illinois State Fair. I’m sure there is one (it’s probably down state?), but it certainly wasn’t on anyone’s [...]
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