Category Archives: Minnesota history

Surprises

Posted on February 4, 2017 by susanmsink@gmail.com

While I’ve been here in California, Steve has been busy working on his new landscaping website, building raised beds in the greenhouse, visiting his elderly aunt and his parents in the nursing home, and cleaning out the family house in … Continue reading →

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Finally, a Crime Podcast Done Right

Posted on October 16, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I’ve been more than ambivalent about the recent trend in crime-exploring podcasts that throw doubt on the results of the criminal justice system. It’s not even so much that I doubt their editing and production process led us to the … Continue reading →

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Minnesota Musician Stories

Posted on March 8, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I’ve written before about how special Minnesota Public Television is for its recognition and celebration of things particular to the Minnesota culture. Whether it’s documentaries about pond hockey or Scandinavian cooking shows, a profile of a homesteader in Alaska or … Continue reading →

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Wind/Prairie

Posted on October 16, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Usually in October, when the shadows are long and the sunlight at its absolute best, I can convince Steve to take a day off and go on a little overnight trip. This year, we planned late, and I could find … Continue reading →

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Coolest Small Town in America

Posted on March 13, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I am here in the coolest small town in America, Grand Marais, Minnesota. So says Budget Travel magazine. They have a point. Here at the very northern point of Minnesota along the Lake Superior shoreline, there is a town with some mighty … Continue reading →

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Red River Valley

Posted on August 29, 2014 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I have been driving around North Dakota the last few days. It is something I’ve wanted to do for quite a while. North Dakota was one of three remaining states of the contiguous 48 that I had not been to … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo Planning

Posted on October 28, 2013 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I realized after I posted on Saturday that it was not really the word count or my ability to write during November that was making me so anxious about National Novel Writing Month. It was actually the project I’d chosen … Continue reading →

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News from Lake Wobegone

Posted on October 27, 2013 by susanmsink@gmail.com

This past spring, we got a call for Steve’s landscape business on the home phone. It was Tom Krebsbach who, with his brother, used to run Krebsbach Motors in downtown St. Joseph. I really can’t imagine a car dealership in … Continue reading →

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Birthplace of the Mississippi

Posted on October 12, 2013 by susanmsink@gmail.com

This past week, Tuesday through Thursday, we went up to Itasca State Park, where we enjoyed Fall in all its glory. We lucked out on the weather, which was warm AND still, and we spent 5 hours on Wednesday making … Continue reading →

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