Showing off your area to friends from out of town is fun, even when it involves eating pickled herring. As I mentioned last week, we had several visitors over last October to whom we showed the city. A week after my parents visited, we were joined by our good friends Jameson and Christine. We wanted …
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Wind Chill, Lutefisk and the St. Olaf Choir: A Minnesota Christmas
Christmas is a wonderful time full of a flurry of activities and quite a few flurries of snow. We celebrated Christmas in Minnesota in several uniquely Minnesotan ways and those are recounted here. St. Olaf Christmas Festival: St. Olaf College, where I have taught for the past year, is a small, academically exceptional school in …
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Quarantine Chronicles: Road Trip Up North!
As Minnesota begins to open up, we are able to get a few more visits to other places around the state! It has made for a very different travelling experience. When we roadtrip we usually get to check out local coffeeshops and breweries, stop by odd attractions and keep a loose schedule. This trip found …
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Adventures in Gopherland 