I’m not known as a baseball fanatic. I enjoy the game — far more when I’m watching it live than on TV — and I’m a loyal Minnesota Twins fan, but I don’t follow statistics or players (though it has become easy to do so now that I have officially “Liked” the Twins Facebook page [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Minnesota'
Best Game Ever
June 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · travel
Tags:baseball·homer handshake·minneapolis·Minnesota·minnesota twins·target field·twin cities
My Grandmother’s Hats
May 11th, 2010 · 5 Comments · flashbacks, photo essays, writing
My grandmother was a classy dame. So classy, in fact, that she’d probably disapprove of my calling her a dame. She was a lady. (When she died, and family gathered together to talk to the rabbi about her life, I remember my mom and aunt saying something like, “She never wore pants. Because ladies didn’t [...]
Tags:1940s·1950s·1960s·fashion·grandmother·hats·history·mad men era·Minnesota·st. paul·vintage
Fish will eat anything
March 5th, 2010 · No Comments · flashbacks
The following was inspired by a writing prompt courtesy of Write One Leaf. My family wasn’t the outdoorsy kind (too much nature), but I don’t think it’s possible to grow up in Minnesota and NOT go fishing at least once. And while ice fishing is definitely something one needs to experience — again, at least [...]
Tags:fishing·Grand Forks·lake fishing·Minnesota·North Dakota·outdoors