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Why Do They Ask Me That?
A few weeks back I was talking with a businessman from Germany who was trying to navigate the complexities of life in Minnesota. “Why,” he asked me, “do the checkout clerks in stores ask me how my day is going?” “And when they ask, how should I respond??” He was completely flummoxed! I assured him […]
An Ode to Minnesota
On a morning when the (real) temperature is Minus 11 (or 11 below, or negative 11, or however you want to say it), this poem pretty much sums up life in Minnesota in January. (I do not know the origin of the poem. It seems to have been published in a local city newspaper, then […]
A Chinese Football Fan
I used to be a Minnesota Vikings fan, which is to say that I used to actually care whether or not they won games. That changed in 2001 when, after being undefeated for the entire season, they were beaten by the New York Giants in the NFC Championship Game, 41, to 0! I was living […]
North Shore Thanksgiving
For the fifth year in a row, I spent the Thanksgiving weekend with family and friends at the wonderful Lutsen Resort, on the North Shore of Lake Superior. If you have not had the opportunity to explore this gorgeous wilderness area in the heart of the country, put it on your bucket list. Here are a […]
Friday Photos: Fall Colors in Minnesota
Last week my sister and I drove some friends visiting from England up to Lutsen, a ski resort on the North Shore of Lake Superior. We had heard the fall colors were peaking up there, so even though there were no hotel vacancies in the areas, and the RT drive would be close to 500 miles, […]
