“How did this even happen?” Martin asked me as we walked the city streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota. It had finally stopped raining. We’d been back in Minneapolis for a week, hibernating inside a friend’s house, partially to escape the never ending rain and partially in denial that we were inescapably back in Minnesota. But now […]
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I walked into the little round house on the tip of Pine Island Florida. The sight of it swept my breath away. All I could say was “Wow” as I roamed around seeing familiar things. The sweet scent of the salty Florida air filled my nose and lungs. Home. This is what home feels like.
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We had five extra days in Minnesota with no plans. After seeing familiar sites and familiar faces for the past 8 weeks, we decided to go someplace new – we decided to hike part of the Superior Hiking Trail. The Superior Hiking Trail is 310 miles long along the north shore of Lake Superior in
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It’s no secret that I love the Minnesota State Fair. Yet, I was a little nervous to return to the fair after traveling this past year. My perspective on the world has changed and I wasn’t sure how the fair would look with my new set of lenses. The fair was different for me this
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Minneapolis has been rainy, cold, and windy since we arrived a week ago. The weather has shrouded us in a depressing gloom that even chocolate zucchini cupcakes cannot shrug off. (So much zucchini!) I expected to feel nostalgia upon returning to Minneapolis. What I didn’t expect was to feel nothing else. Minneapolis offers many of
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We have left. It only took 3 pre-garage sales, 3 actual garage sales, countless trips to thrift stores, 3 goodbye parties, and some tears. We have left. Actually leaving took much more effort than I expected. We could have gotten rid of 2/3 of our stuff years ago and not missed a thing. We still
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Our State Fair is a great state fair! Don’t miss it, don’t even be late. Maybe the lyrics to that song don’t mean anything to you, but it means that it is the time of year where crazy fun happens. 🙂 Now, I’ve posted about the Minnesota State Fair before (2011, 2010), so this year
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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I love the Minnesota State Fair. Maybe it’s because the fair was always a privilege to attend. As a 4-Her, I had to earn my trip to the fair by placing first place at my county fair. I didn’t go to the state fair until I
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It’s the State Fair in Minnesota. Twelve days of fun, friends, and of course, food. For those of you not familiar with the MN State Fair, it’s HUGE! Over 1.7 million people attend the Fair every year. It’s the second largest state fair in the United States. The MN State Fair was originally designed as
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