Tag: minnesota
member name: Mark J.
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January 18, 2008 04:18 PM EST --
Porky's Drive-In
1890 University Ave W
Saint Paul, MN 55104
(651) 644-1790
I have an Achilles heel for hamburgers. When . . . more
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February 13, 2008 01:13 PM EST --
I must admit that I have been accused of chocolate snobbery. As I grew as a foodie, my palette was no longer excited with milk chocolate. I picked up the dark chocolate habit and never looked back. Until . . . more
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April 27, 2007 08:48 AM EDT --
As an eager new gardener, I try to reign in my enthusiasm for the ideas and things I'd like to do in my yard. I remember the first spring and summer I spent in my house, I spent it in awe watching . . . more
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December 11, 2007 02:47 PM EST --
imagine surprise
opening the door to mail
Chicago cookies!
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December 12, 2007 11:11 AM EST --
quiet of morning
thoughts of then alone with me
sun not seen but felt
there are imminent flowers
on the end of my cactus
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November 30, 2007 11:57 AM EST --
riesling in my glass
joyous friends at the table
lips praise my good life
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May 08, 2007 09:50 AM EDT --
Not much is happening in the garden this week. My Solomon's Seal has shot up in three days time. My dwarf lilac has buds forming and should bloom with some warmer weather. I have more clean up to do . . . more
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May 10, 2007 12:25 PM EDT --
Like many people I am busy. I'd like to devote more time to gardening but gee, there's just too much fun stuff to do! I've decided I should write a book or something called a 15 minute . . . more
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May 17, 2007 11:26 AM EDT --
Hooray!! The plants are in the ground. I had some time last Friday being away from work and I picked up a flat of herbs and a couple of four packs of marigolds at a local big box grocer that has a garden . . . more
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January 02, 2008 03:42 PM EST --
Like Mother Hubbard I went to my reading cupboard and found that it was quite bare. This got me to thinking. We think globally and act locally right? We buy locally, why not read locally? In 2008 . . . more
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May 18, 2007 04:40 PM EDT --
It's been a great week in the garden. I planted my herbs and harvested some more rhubarb for a strawberry rhubarb sauce that was out of this world. I had a couple of iris bloom. Not as many as last . . . more
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December 24, 2007 12:06 PM EST --
I'm sure we've all had the experience of picking up a paper and seeing a headline that we hoped we wouldn't have to read for awhile. I had that same experience last Saturday as I . . . more
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September 13, 2006 10:25 AM EDT --
My brother fog has returned
back from London or Paris
I suppose.
Raising the curtain against the morning
I said, "Oh! It's you!"
Causing me to see the
shrouded trees
again for the . . . more
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June 19, 2007 03:32 PM EDT --
The herbs are going gangbusters, though I need to do some weeding. It's been too hot for anything besides watering and staying on top of budding flower stalks on the basil, dill and cilantro. Since . . . more
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September 25, 2006 11:54 AM EDT --
I live in a city that prides itself on open green space, parks and public art. St. Paul Minnesota is awash with great art in many of our city's parks and attractions. On a recent photo safari . . . more
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October 23, 2006 04:00 PM EDT --
I went to the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory in St. Paul yesterday to spend some time looking at some growing things and to play with my digital camera. Unfortunately, the zoo & conservatory were closing . . . more
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October 05, 2007 11:40 AM EDT --
I just got all excited by this article in the Star Tribune newspaper. The University of Minnesota has opened its Plant Information Online database to the public. It used to be available to subscribers . . . more
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October 09, 2006 10:56 AM EDT --
The fall colors in Minnesota are almost at their peak. I took the opportunity to get out and take a hike along the river in Taylors Falls, Minnesota. The city is an excellent location for a day trip. About . . . more
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April 13, 2007 09:38 AM EDT --
Spring was just about upon us when Mother Nature sent Old Man Winter to remind us of tumultuous weather in Minnesota. We’ve had a recent cold snap delaying the daffodils and tulips that were braving . . . more
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November 01, 2006 12:40 PM EST --
I saw your death mask
in the window.
It caught me by surprise
even though
it was the Hallows . . . more
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