For Christa When my alarm went off at 7:13 a.m., I was a little giddy and groggy. It took me a minute to shake off the dream that involved being law school only not wanting…
Posts tagged MN living
21.5 inches
I missed the great Halloween Blizzard of ’91, because I was living in Wisconsin. So this is the first epic blizzard I can remember experiencing. Lucky for me, I live in Shakopee which wins (?)…
Severe weather dramas
My mom grew up in a tiny green house near a creek in Savage, Minnesota. The house was across from the street from the elementary school baseball field and only had three bedrooms. Six kids…
Oh Duluth, you crazy literature-loving loonies
I don’t often listen to MPR during the work o’clock hours. Mostly, I spend those hours torturing Trip Shakes and arguing with nerds. But today I left The Nerdery to go out to lunch with…
Mama, mama we’re all crazy here
After spending 3 hours commuting in the last 17 hours, I’m pretty sure that everyone of us who chooses to live in Minnesota is a little bit off. If October in MN weren’t the most…