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We moved back to Minnesota in November 2021 and I was very conflicted at the time (see: Leaving home , Leaving home part II , and The...

This year we were invited by a family in our church small group to a nearby historic Christmas town. In Farmington, MN, like 15 minutes...

The original plan for Arizona was to write up Chase Field, the home ballpark of the Arizona Diamondbacks. We saw a game there for the first time and I always have opinions on baseball stadiums, but we went with a big group (6 adults, 6 kids) and didn't get to explore enough to properly rate it. So that'll be on the backburner, until next time, we need to go again. Since returning home I also took in a Twins home game (they were playing Ohtani and the Dodgers and I didn't want

With a certain tweet (yes, it's a tweet) making the rounds last week I decided it was time to earn my Minnesotan cred for real. If you...

Maryland has the 'Eastern Shore' (of the Chesapeake). Minnesota has the 'North Shore' (of Lake Superior). Both are referred to by locals...

Though I'm greatly saddened by the recent violence at the state fair (a brawl/shooting on the Midway Saturday night and a shooting just...

As stated previously I'm not entirely sold on living in Minnesota again. I'm missing the warmer weather of Maryland and starting to dread...

I want to think I never got soft. Born-and-raised Minnesotans usually feel the need to be tough, at least when it comes to the weather....

While in some ways I'm not the most typical Minnesotan, you can definitely still see it in how I talk. The following video is a little...

It turns out lots of behaviors you learn and know in life are largely regional, and this becomes profoundly clear when leaving your...

to consider myself a Minnesotan right now. Minnesotans hugely pride themselves on their way of life, which includes having competent and...