June 2012
10 posts
“Far from self-indulgent.”
– A choice pull-quote about this very operation, from yesterday’s Minnesota Daily piece on Minnesota tumblrs. It’s going right into the press kit!
(Actually, South 12th doesn’t really belong in that august company — Minnesota ’70s and the Hennepin County Library’s...
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"He might find Fargo to his liking, especially if...
Many years ago, a friend of mine from back in Kentucky got the idea that he might want to move to Fargo for somewhat obscure reasons I no longer recall. I told him I’d poll some of my Fargo friends on the matter, and send their answers to him. I told them, as a point of reference, that this friend enjoyed books and live jazz.
Here are the answers I received, which are too good not be...
Best family names turned up in a weeklong...
Greenleaf N. Pickerill (Dad’s 2nd great-grandfather matrilineally. Presumably named for John Greenleaf Whittier for literary or political purposes — he was born the same year Whitter published Justice and Expediency, one of his most famous abolitionist tracts.)
Fanchery Bartholomew (Greenleaf’s mother. A name I’ve never seen before.)
Poppa De Valois (Mom’s 26th or...
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mixedfeelings asked: When will you publish the results of the ultimate art city rankings of 2012?
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garvs asked: This is not on your list of topics, but I am interested in bed time and morning rituals, both the broad topic and the habits of individuals.
