Category Archives: minnesota life

SOMEPLACE SAFE

Posted on February 26, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  Yesterday I attended a Ladies Tea. Above all it was a visual delight, each table a riot of someone’s fantasy. Thirty five themes. Cacophonous, gorgeous, silly, whimsical, enchanting.  You name it. Not to mention fun. And yummy. Best of … Continue reading →

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RIGHT MAKES MIGHT

Posted on February 20, 2012 by snowbirdredux

Ever since we moved to Minnesota last spring, there has been a looming, ironic, unfortunate happening in the wings. In January I wrote about it in an entry entitled “The Irony of it All.”  To recap – the Army Corps … Continue reading →

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MORE LIKE IT!

Posted on February 18, 2012 by snowbirdredux

Now this is more like it.  This is what the God of the North intended for Minnesotans in the middle of February. And I suppose it’s just a brief blip in the weather map for 2012, brown grass and exposed … Continue reading →

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THE CENTER

Posted on February 8, 2012 by snowbirdredux

One night recently we went to the Big Chief convenience store/gas station/truck stop/café just outside of Fergus Falls for their buffalo burgers. They were yum but that’s another story. Although I need to mention how much a fan I have … Continue reading →

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WINTER WONDERLAND

Posted on February 5, 2012 by snowbirdredux

Here we are in the midst of a “non winter”, the snow melting more everyday, not much more in sight, temperatures in the upper 30’s, and it looks out my window as if crystal faerys dusted the world with a … Continue reading →

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41 BAGS FULL!

Posted on January 31, 2012 by snowbirdredux

Now and then one has a day, start to finish, which is replete and chock-full of the following descriptions:  excitation, novelty, apprenticeship, endeavor, jollity, friendship, enlightenment, insightfulness, and full-filling-fun.   Not very often, but this was mine.  So it was that … Continue reading →

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WINTER LAMENTATIONS

Posted on January 27, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  Yikes!  My faded, Costco, comfort, Gloria Vanderbilt jeans are cutting into my mid section.  Tight.  And I don’t think it can be  attributed to the new Cuddle Puff under-things for they are huggy and teensy and, if anything, hold … Continue reading →

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HOME SWEET HOME

Posted on January 25, 2012 by snowbirdredux

Curley is home.  What a tale he might tell of his adventures.  We are left to only speculate, but he certainly captured the imagination of untold numbers of his community this past month, as well as  the world beyond.  We … Continue reading →

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CURLEY’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE

Posted on January 22, 2012 by snowbirdredux

Ever since Christmas Eve, 2011, the headlines of the Fergus Falls Daily Journal have loudly proclaimed and excitedly followed the daily drama and progress of one black angora goat whose adventure kept the whole community on the edge of their … Continue reading →

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THE IRONY OF IT ALL

Posted on January 18, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  If you have been following this saga of the snowbirds in reverse (as we call ourselves) you would be aware that our journey from California to Minnesota began with a dream to retire back where my ancestors arrived when … Continue reading →

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