Category Archives: minnesota life

WASTE NOT WANT NOT

Posted on November 6, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  This month, more likely than not, you will find me here at my computer putting every spare minute into completing the daunting task of writing a 50,000 page novel before the end of November. I am now at Day … Continue reading →

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SCRIPTERS

Posted on October 7, 2012 by snowbirdredux

Somewhere between Nimble Thimble and Slide Rule, you will find the group photo of the Wilson High School club called Scripters in the 1956 yearbook. I do not appear because I was out sick the day they took the pictures, … Continue reading →

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CIRCLE OF FIBER

Posted on October 3, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  I returned last week to Northcroft, the sheep farm owned by Joanie and Dave Ellison just outside of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. I was last there on a wintry February day to witness and help (for what it was worth) … Continue reading →

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HOMELAND INVASION

Posted on October 1, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  We are currently being invaded by small creatures. And not in the garden, which would be bad enough, but in the house – hundreds of live and dead bodies about the windows, climbing the walls, and all within our … Continue reading →

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THE SOURCE

Posted on September 26, 2012 by snowbirdredux

“. . . a spring, fountain, that is the starting point of a stream . . . that from which something comes or develops . . . place of origin” – Webster’s New World Dictionary Many nights of my childhood … Continue reading →

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HOT DISH

Posted on September 23, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  The Lasagna Method in garden-ese reduces the amount of digging needed to start a new perennial or vegetable bed. In other words – you cover the old growth or sod with layers, wait, and plant. “Lasagna” is the name … Continue reading →

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HERITAGE

Posted on September 19, 2012 by snowbirdredux

I’ve been chasing after my past for as long as I can remember, hurtling ethereally backwards to catch a fleeting glimpse of what it meant to be me. All those ghosts I never knew, and a few I did, who … Continue reading →

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MINNESOTA LIFE SCIENCE 101

Posted on September 14, 2012 by snowbirdredux

You can bet you’re in Minnesota when the annual edition of the Adult Education Class schedule begins with the following first choice under the Food Category – “Follow the Bone – Deer Cutting.” Furthermore, it promises the basic skills of … Continue reading →

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THE “CITIES”

Posted on September 11, 2012 by snowbirdredux

This past weekend we went to my cousin Marlene son’s wedding in Bloomington, just south of Minneapolis/St. Paul.               Congratulations Ann and Cort! I sat next to Ellie, the Flower Girl – – A wonderful party! A trek to the … Continue reading →

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GROUP HUG

Posted on August 14, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  When I was growing up in Long Beach, California one of the landmark buildings was the Pacific Coast Club which resembled a medieval castle, high on a bluff overlooking the ocean. Built as a private club with dining and … Continue reading →

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