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Beyond 101: Attend the State Fair

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Stef

Fifteen years ago, my work team decided that a summer outing was in order. After brainstorming a few ideas, our supervisor declared that we would all spend a day at the State Fair. I had never been to the state … Continue reading →

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Beyond 101: Try logrolling

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Stef

When I crafted my 101 list, logrolling was nowhere in the realm of activities I thought about trying – but when I unexpectedly discovered a Community Education class offering to teach this very skill, how could I possibly resist? Answer: … Continue reading →

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People, be cool.

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Stef

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to visit my parents at their soon-to-be-full-time retirement house.  (My mom is living there half-time; my dad hopes to join her in the next 6-8 months or so, at which point they will … Continue reading →

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#33: Visit Historic Fort Snelling (Part 7)

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Stef

(Is this turning into the longest blog post or what?  Hopefully you’re finding it interesting.  [If you’re still reading at this point, you probably are.])  🙂  Okay, continuing on… After leaving the maltreatment and medical sections of the tour, I … Continue reading →

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#33: Visit Historic Fort Snelling (Part 6)

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Stef

At this point in the experience the topics got quite a bit more serious, and started to focus in on the realities of a biased, violent, technologically-primative war (and period of time in US History): The story of African Americans … Continue reading →

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#33: Visit Historic Fort Snelling (Part 5)

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Stef

After the Learning Lab, the tour transitioned from 2013 high-tech to 1863 high-society: A “proper Victorian lady” explained some of the important points of manners in the 1860s – including which chairs were appropriate to sit in.  (I.e., men sat … Continue reading →

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#33: Visit Historic Fort Snelling (Part 4)

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Stef

The organizers of the weekend Civil War event did a very good job of providing an honest and well-rounded examination of all facets of life during this period in history: For this stop on the tour, a female re-enactor gave … Continue reading →

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#33: Visit Historic Fort Snelling (Part 3)

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Stef

Soon the tour started to get into some of the primary purposes of the fort (i.e., defense): The Round Tower was three stories tall: The view from the top. From here, you can see the small corn field (from Part … Continue reading →

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#33: Visit Historic Fort Snelling (Part 2)

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Stef

[Click here to read the introduction to this post.] The very first thing I saw when I walked from the parking lot to the fort’s entrance: After I checked in with the main desk, I walked down a gravel path … Continue reading →

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#33: Visit Historic Fort Snelling (Part 1)

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Stef

One of the (many) advantages technology gives us modern day humans is the gift of time.  Just 60 years ago, people spent significant amounts of time performing a variety of necessary-yet-mundane tasks: washing dishes by hand, spending hours at a … Continue reading →

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