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Larger than Life

by Filed Under: Cultural Commentary, Minnesota Me, Sports Stuff 8 Comments

--Why I’ll be watching on Super Bowl Sunday, even though my homies won’t be there.Photo courtesy of duckduckgeeseSo! Did your football-team-of-choice win this weekend? Did you even…um…watch the games? I’m a purple-and-gold gal myself, (Hello?? Minnesota Mom?!) but when it became clear that the Vikings were no longer a contender (this … [Read more...]

Sweet Nothings

by Filed Under: Anecdotal, Minnesota Me, New Baby 10 Comments

I scooped up George and held him close.“I’m going to tell you a secret,” I told him. “I’m going to whisper it in your ear.”He looked at me curiously.“I love you,” I whispered, and he responded with a grunt.“You are a very nice young man.” He merely sat there.“You are really, really cute.” At this he nodded vigorously. “Finally!” he seemed to be … [Read more...]

Extraordinary Soup

by Filed Under: Food and Drink, Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me 7 Comments

“Cook was in the kitchen. She was bent over the stove. She was stirring something. Was it a sauce? No. Was it a stew? No. What Cook was stirring was…soup. Soup, reader! In the king’s own castle, against the king’s law, right under the king’s very nose, Cook was making soup!” -- from The Tale of DespereauxIt’s so simple, really, you won’t believe … [Read more...]

7 Quick Takes Friday

by Filed Under: 7 Quick Takes Friday, Cultural Commentary, Minnesota Me 9 Comments

Vol. XXVI for MeThe What’s Wrong/What’s Right with this World Edition ~ Take 1 ~What’s wrong with this world? The current temperature.Photo Credit: Caution: Moms at PlayAssuming you live in Antarctica.Or in Minnesota.~ Take 2 ~What’s right with this world? Football.Because they’re outside playing and I’m inside watching—the perfect symbiotic … [Read more...]

A Bit of French & the Blue Screen of Death

by Filed Under: Blogging, Just Me, Minnesota Me 19 Comments

Hey everyone, it’s me—trying to get my blogging sea legs back after the unexpected loss of my computer. It happened like this: I was in the kitchen signing our Christmas “Ordinary Time” newsletters (hush) at 4:00 a.m. the other morning (double hush) when I walked past my desk and saw that the screen had gone all blue on me.Scanning the text, I saw, … [Read more...]

7 Quick Takes Friday

by Filed Under: 7 Quick Takes Friday, Minnesota Me 20 Comments

~ 1 ~I finished watching the movie Inception! My final opinion, should you be interested, is in the com-box of this post.~ 2 ~Speaking of television and watching it and whatnot, do you plan to watch the play-offs this weekend? Believe it or not, I have become a HUGE fan of the sport, in part because I have NO CHOICE (read: two sons, ages 13 … [Read more...]