Tag: random
group name: mnlife
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November 21, 2007 01:02 PM EST --
Ah Thanksgiving, the holiday that means people share personal and profoundly moving "things to be thankful for" lists. Although I love reading or hearing about what really truly deeply matters . . . more
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April 28, 2006 12:07 PM EDT --
beryl recently sent me a link to her page at the Minnesota States ArtsBoard site of the Art of Recovery reading she did last weekend, at theMinnesota State Arts Board. There's a video of her . . . more
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May 13, 2006 12:27 PM EDT --
<h1 style="">About me</h1>
Born at 10:04am proving early on that I was NOT a morning person.
My first "playpen" was a bushel basket.
. . . more
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September 20, 2006 04:28 PM EDT --
Well, it has been a quiet week in mine. The neighbors are visible more, doing their various lawn tending chores and waving from their work with rakes, and brooms. Our neighbor to the north has been out . . . more
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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, . . . more
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December 12, 2006 07:57 PM EST --
My favorite bookstore is having a birthday. It's a reason to celebrate because it proves that even in the face of amazon.com and the big chain bookstores the little independent can survive, and . . . more
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March 23, 2006 10:54 PM EST --
i have enjoyed jello through the years (esp grape!), although we usually avoided the types of recipes that are in the ancient recipe books....the ones that call for crushed pineapple, or cool whip, or . . . more
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December 15, 2005 08:17 AM EST --
I wrote this for Francesca when she was nineteen, never dreaming that, one day, I'd be using it to pay tribute at her funeral.
--Beryl Singleton Bissell
This evening, I watch you force the zipper . . . more
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November 29, 2007 09:10 AM EST --
MPR's Curtis Gilbert reports Video blogger learns YouTube stardom has a price :
Minnesota native John Holden recently found himself a YouTube star. It sounds like a dream come true for . . . more
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December 03, 2007 10:56 AM EST --
So far I've found a couple on my own:
Bob Collins wonders What's China got? (see capture)
Midmorning talks about the Best books of the year (11:06 ET / 10:06 CT on the . . . more
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March 03, 2006 05:02 PM EST --
They say that in Minnesota, we've got it all -- all four seasons, that is -- the warm spring, the hot-humid "lake days" of summer, the beautiful, colorful fall and the cold, snowy, lovely . . . more
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January 12, 2007 11:45 AM EST --
I was at a funeral yesterday. I did not know the man well who died. He was my brother's father-in-law and I knew him somewhat, had seen him at various family functions etc. As far as funerals go it . . . more
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January 21, 2007 02:34 PM EST --
What products or gadgets have you tried, and realized they just aren't what you hoped they'd be?
Here are some things that I've bought or used that looked like a great idea but weren't. . . . more
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November 16, 2007 02:43 PM EST --
Don't be caught without a topic!
Tightwads and Spendthrifts We all know a total tightwad or a reckless spendthrift. You might even be one. Things to debate: What kind of marketing makes . . . more
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May 05, 2006 02:19 PM EDT --
In my last post, I mentioned how helpful it can be to do local readings and interviews first -- before you go on tour with your book.
While I've been doing these local readings and . . . more
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September 24, 2006 11:05 PM EDT --
pToday I was reading my local paper, the Southwest Journal, and noticed an article about Minneapolis's library crisis. The library budget is so strained that it will be nearly impossible for . . . more
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February 09, 2006 11:43 AM EST --
what is the essence of timelessness?
is it something that calls to us, repeatedly through the ages?
is it a restful thing, something to soothe the soul?
can it be personal, or is it always something . . . more
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December 09, 2006 10:46 AM EST --
My uncle Gordy was very ill. Family members...children, brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews...all who loved him traveled to his home for a last visit. My parents were there earlier in the day that . . . more
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November 09, 2007 11:29 AM EST --
Don't be caught without a topic!
Leave no factoid unturned Some angles: Is Hillary a bad tipper? Would you vote for a candidate who was rude to waitstaff? How do candidates control their . . . more
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July 19, 2006 03:08 PM EDT --
It's summertime, and the reading is easy. I usually like to tackle non-fiction in the winter, when there's nothing else to do. But in the summer, like many, I'm a sucker for mysteries, thrillers . . . more
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