Downtown Minneapolis Memories
Anyone growing up in the Twin City area during the 1950’s may remember the magical downtown of Minneapolis at Christmastime. The Christmas song
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Raspberries
Can you have too many fresh raspberries? No! But I came close one year for the first time when I bought 10 quarts
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Summer Weather
Early in the morning on one of these very hot, humid mornings we’re having, I came out of Perkins restaurant with Zig and
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Summer Fruit
The market is filling with the wonderful fruits of summer—first the strawberries, then the apricots, followed by melons, berries of all kinds, peaches,
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Independence Day
If you’d like to try something new for the Fourth of July this year, I came across a menu that looks very intriguing
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4th of July
Sitting on a bench in Levee Park a few years ago, watching the American Queen River boat unload her passengers, was like a
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Barefoot Girl 2
Oh for boyhood’s time of June, Crowding years in one brief moon, When all things I heard or saw, Me, their master, waited
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Summer Cooking
Here comes summer and (hopefully) warm weather, nice for everything except heating up the kitchen. Enter appliances–those fantastic workhorses you have on your
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