Adventures and Thoughts of Team Cross

Front Porch Community

crossn81 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:39:14 +0000

I found this great article on front porches and community. It is excellent. I’ve been passing it along to lots of people. It is especially fresh in my mind as spring is starting to finally show up. This past weekend I actually sat on the front porch (in a folding chair) and read for a [...] Related posts:

We Didn’t Get That Much Snow!

crossn81 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:40:51 +0000

January 10th Hagar the Horrible Comic Strip – ArcaMax Publishing. Related posts:Snow Fall Snow is Falling Related posts:

Photo in Gallery

crossn81 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:53:36 +0000

I submitted one of my photographs for the Minneapolis Institute of Art’s Foot in the Door4. Basically any Minnesota artist is able to submit a piece of art as long as it fits within a 1 foot cubic area. You can see my photo here: So if you come visit between now and June 13, we’d [...] No related posts.

New Laptop – More Productivity

crossn81 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:49:04 +0000

My Dell Inspiron 6000 has served me well over the past 5 years. It is sadly coming to an end. Many issues, such as only a 30GB hard drive (Christy’s iPod is the same size) very little processor memory and a slow processor means that it can take several minutes just to load Gmail or [...] No related posts.

Book Review: A Walk in the Woods

crossn81 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:12:04 +0000

Image via Wikipedia It is a little crazy to attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail (AT). A good friend of mine completed it last year (see his adventure at 2200miles.com) and another friend is attempting it this year (follow along here). Both are raising money for charity as a motivation to complete the 2200 mile journey. Bill [...] Related posts:

2010 Winter Carnival

crossn81 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:27:03 +0000

We went to the St Paul Winter Carnival’s Snow and Ice Sculptures today. Pictures are on Flickr (ice and snow). ‘ It was warm and rained while they were making them and we went a week after they were finished, so it wasn’t quite as nice as previous years. Here is one picture of each, both [...] Related posts:

2010 Art Sled Rally

crossn81 — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:48:54 +0000

The 2010 Art Sled Rally was another great Minneapolis event. Held a mile from our house we met some friends for lunch at the Midtown Global Market and walked over to Powderhorn Park for the fun event. We couldn’t have asked for a better day. Temps around 15 with a bright sun kept [...] Related posts:

Chillicothe & NPR

crossn81 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:58:24 +0000

My hometown was recently featured by National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. It was a discussion about the economy. The story Ohio Town Weathers Recession is a good look at how smaller towns are dealing with the recession and how industry is still a major engine of our economy. Technorati Tags: Chillicothe, Ohio, [...] Related posts:

Young Somalis

crossn81 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:48:05 +0000

This is a video preview of an upcoming MPR project. The stats are sad, but it is the reality of our neighbors. Here is a link to the entire project: Civil War Kids Related posts:Somalia Update Good News in Somalia Refugees are Humans Too Related posts:

CSA #32

crossn81 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:10:39 +0000

We extended our regular share for 2 weeks into January. This is an added bonus of Harmony Valley! This was the final week until we start back up in May. Week 32 (or extended week 2) of Harmony Valley Farm’s CSA (blog) contained the following: Porcelain Garlic, Scarlet Turnips, Red Cabbage, Red Onions, Cipollini Onions, Carrots, Parsnips, Celeriac, Beauty Heart Radish, Rutabaga, Black Radishes, Super Chili Ristra, Black Beans, White [...] Related posts: