Tag: minnesota life
group name: mnlife
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March 19, 2008 12:51 PM EDT --
In response to Julia Schrenkler's challenge, S hare Your History: How Did You Arrive In Minnesota ,
I have put together the following ...
MINNESOTA . . .
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May 14, 2006 01:22 AM EDT --
Ok, so do you like to fish?
If so, what kind of fish to you like to "try" to catch...and do you have any luck?
I love to fish for bass. I enjoy the casting & reeling motion, watching some, . . .
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July 03, 2008 10:13 PM EDT --
It was a gift... unexpected... and unaware you needed it until it was there.
The best kind of gift.
Lunchtime in downtown StP. The tension of a work morning at a terminal . . .
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July 04, 2008 05:08 PM EDT --
It's typical... it's cliche... and I love it.
Family on the Fourth.
Hey, if you want edgy... go read something else.
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July 20, 2008 11:00 PM EDT --
The robin's alarm and the crow's rude cackle are all to be sensed...
The world still sleeps, except for the birds of pre-dawn...
So complete is the darkness here, no laws exist, . . .
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March 12, 2009 01:48 PM EDT --
Okay, money doesn't buy happiness. And accumulating stuff shouldn't make us whole.
But there are some possessions that have value greater than the pricetag. And yet, in a recession, when the . . .
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August 28, 2009 04:54 PM EDT --
We told you last week about the .3 percent decrease in Minnesota’s unemployment numbers. That's the good news.
But check this out: The number of job vacancies decreased by 40 percent from the . . .
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July 07, 2008 09:55 PM EDT --
See the sly boy's face...
Between the thicket of two pines...
Look up, see the sunshafts...
Busting through branches, through leaves and tangle...
Of maple fronting . . .
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July 17, 2008 10:46 PM EDT --
He's quite certain that his parched throat, his squint means no disrespect to the sun.
Morning breaks and with comes the bravery of songbirds seeking food
It humbles him ... . . .
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June 23, 2008 10:55 PM EDT --
The girl at three and a half refuses to see limits. Parents try to set deadlines for eating, bathing, sleeping.
They warn her how the brick she's holding in her small . . .
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April 03, 2009 11:45 AM EDT --
The unemployment rate in Minnesota has topped 8 percent. But it's twice that percentage for people who have disabilities.
Minnesota Public Radio reporter Nikki Tundel gives a very human look at . . .
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August 25, 2009 04:13 PM EDT --
Numbers this month show that the U.S. economy is more productive. But what’s the toll of that productivity?
Stephanie Massey of Mound has some idea. Her husband, who works for a large financial . . .
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June 28, 2008 06:02 PM EDT --
Went to a graduation party in Monticello, Minnesota.
The American Legion Post 60 hosted the little event (cake was sweet, the drinks were plentiful).
Outside the hall sat a sculpture . . .
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November 07, 2006 08:25 AM EST --
Talk about everything - and anything - but politics on election day? Why not? Sure, some of us are delighted in the day, glad to see our work primed to display results, looking forward to the event, . . .
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October 24, 2008 11:46 AM EDT --
Most college graduates walk out not only with the sheepskin but with loans to pay for that education.
But how has that changed as the economy has tanked and jobs are getting scarcer?
We at Minnesota . . .
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February 26, 2009 01:06 PM EST --
As if paying for college was not rough enough... now that plastic in your pocket is getting into the act.
Philip Novak of Minneapolis thought it made sense to put about $8,000 on his credit card. The . . .
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March 27, 2008 04:50 PM EDT --
It seems like it has been senior center hot here in the office, and all I want to do is go outside and stare at the spot the garden should occupy. I marvel that my bus commute doesn't outlast the . . .
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June 26, 2008 12:22 AM EDT --
Sometimes it's the messenger. Sometimes, the message.
But here might be one of the rare times when it's the company messages keep. A sign touting cheap divorces next . . .
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June 30, 2008 10:29 PM EDT --
Tell me if you uber-amateur musicians have this experience.
I pick up the old axe (well, it's a cheap Fender acoustic so maybe axe isn't the right word)... maybe pocket knife.
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May 11, 2006 12:43 AM EDT --
Last year we sold our Minnesota lake home & moved to a lake in Texas. We weren't sure if Texas was the right choice for us, so we moved back to Texas...I know a lot of moving, but I'm not done . . .
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