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 'Northfield'
World Cup Baby
June 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · EDG, Northfield
We have been transitioning nicely into summer hours around here. To start, the end of all my day-to-day academic responsibilities coincided with the start of the World Cup. With the exception of the odd 30 minutes of Lawrence Welk, prior to last week Eleanor had basically never watched TV. In the past week, she has [...]
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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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Scoop
April 24th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Northfield
Breaking news here in Northfield (I’m trying to scoop Northfield News here who beat me to it the last time we had some neighborhood crime). While the mainstream media is out covering the “Motokazie Debate”, I’m telling it like it is. This has got all the elements of a great story: a crime committed under [...]
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Northfield News
March 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Northfield
We were woken up on Tuesday morning by sirens and what appeared to be the entire fleet of Northfield fire, police and safety services parked outside our house. The dog and I later witnessed a burnt-out minivan being hauled away from the parking lot of City Hall. What happened? Well, according to local resident-cum-arsonist Mark [...]
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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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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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Home
December 30th, 2009 · 4 Comments · EDG, Northfield
Alright people, I’m about to get all circle-of-life on your asses. Check it: A few weeks ago, I found myself feeling particularly relaxed and perhaps even a touch giddy. I surveyed the obvious reasons — Christmas was on its way; I was a couple weeks into my five week break between terms; the new Eleanor [...]
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Christmastime
December 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · EDG, Northfield, Uncategorized
I have been preparing for Christmas and reveling in my last 2 weeks of housewifery by being absurdly crafty (in the Martha Stewart sense, not the tricky, underhanded sense (as much as that surprises me)). I made Christmas stockings for Belly, Ellie and my mother. I knitted Ellie a hat using 2 different skeins of [...]
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It’s Cold Here
December 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments · EDG, Northfield
When we told people we were moving to Minnesota, their first impulse was to quote from Fargo. Their second impulse was to make some pronouncement about how cold it is in the winter. If they were wrong about Fargo (that’s North Dakota, not Minnesota), they were right about the weather. It’s cold here. Already, we’ve [...]
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