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 …

Um Yah Yah: Watching the Cereal Bowl

Sports are characterized by the great rivalries: the Yankees vs. the Red Sox, Georgia vs. Alabama, the Packers vs. the Bears, and the St. Olaf Oles vs. the Carleton College Carls. Okay, the Ole vs. Carl rivalry might not be world famous, but it is a bit of a big deal when you live in …

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