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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Minnesota'
Valley Grove
May 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · 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 · 9 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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