Monthly Archives: April 2011

A Happy Easter at Our New Place

After seemingly a never-ending winter in the Twin Cities, Easter Sunday dawned bright and sunny. Little Daisy was happy to venture outside and this is what she found: The Easter Bunny had hung eggs outside in the tree!  All the … Continue reading

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Affordable Homemade Art Inspired by Sid Dickens

Am I the last person in the world to discover Sid Dickens? I wandered into a home interiors store near our new home and was captivated by his three-dimensional memory blocks. These are sculpted porcelain tiles released periodically in sets … Continue reading

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Tasting Italian Wines for Fun and Charity

Long a fan of the “light whites” such as soave and pinot grigio, over the past month I’ve fallen in love again with Italian wines. (Never fear, Champagne, you’ll always be first in my heart!) As spring began to arrive … Continue reading

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Revisiting the Cloud

A couple of years ago now, we speculatively blogged about the emergence of Cloud computing here, in a post called The One. (Forgive the tongue-in-cheek title playing on all-importance; I just couldn’t help the politically-motivated reference then). I’d set myself … Continue reading

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