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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Red Wing Boots
Today I got my first pair of Red Wing boots. Leather uppers, size 11 D. Made in Red Wing, Minnesota, USA. A buddy of mine and I drove down to Red Wing to their official store to get these … Continue reading
Posted in Defining, Minnesota Monday
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Another glass of light
Thank you, thank you for another glass of light, for another spilling over of warmth. Thank you for the repeated impossible. Thank you for all of this everything that I don’t understand. Thank you are the only two words that … Continue reading
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Clipper
The simple mechanical beauty of this machine makes me wonder if this was as good as it got, that perhaps the pendulum began swinging back after we began erasing simplicity and effort from things. When we began to use technology … Continue reading
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Multum in parvo
Kerstin’s delicious tomato-carrot soup with fresh basil. Meow.
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Hops
Woulda look at all those hops?! I planted a vine in our backyard two years ago, and this year we got a decent harvest. I made a batch of lager with it last night—my first wet hopping experience (when fresh … Continue reading
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Winnebago
This poem is from another random topic drawn from my poetry topic jar. For sale everywhere on the blue highways, those two laners that run webs between the I-90s and I-535s. Real deals when gas was 40¢ per gallon and … Continue reading
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Charred Tomato & Chile Salsa
Yet another delicious recipe from Canning For A New Generation. This charred salsa is smokey, sweet and spicy—everything I love piled on a tortilla chip. We got lucky at the St. Paul Farmer’s Market and got roughly 30 pounds of … Continue reading
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