Adventures and Thoughts of Team Cross

Merry Christmas

crossn81 — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:23:07 +0000

From our house to yours, MERRY CHRISTMAS!! We hope your day is blessed. This is a picture of our Christmas tree before we cut it down. Related posts:Merry Christmas Merry Christmas 24 Related posts:

CSA #29

crossn81 — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:20:21 +0000

This is our last regularly scheduled CSA delivery. We signed up for 2 more boxes in January and then are ready to wait until the 2010 season begins! Week 29 of Harmony Valley Farm’s CSA (blog) contained the following: Garlic, Red & Yellow Onions, Shallots, Sweet Potatoes, Baby Beets, Parsnips, Rutabagas, Celeriac, Beauty Heart Radish, Daikon Radish, Sunchokes, Carrots, Red Savoy Cabbage, Scarlet Turnip, Festival or Kabocha Squash We had some [...] Related posts:

Why Adult Literacy?

crossn81 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:03:57 +0000

Can you read this sentence? Probably. That is in part thanks to an educational system that you spent at least 12 years in. What about your neighbor who is new to this country? Many of our neighbors in Minneapolis struggle to read and write in English. They have arrived for many reasons – but that isn’t [...] Related posts:

CSA #28

crossn81 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:54:00 +0000

The next to last week of our regular CSA season contains the following: Garlic Red & Yellow Onions Sweet Potatoes Baby Beets Parsnips Celeriac Cabbage Rutabaga Beauty Heart Radish Sunchokes Sweet Scarlet Turnips Carrots Flowering Kale or Tat Soi Festival Squash Kabocha Squash Technorati Tags: CSA Related posts:CSA #29 CSA #27 Week #26 Related posts:

Robert H McIntyre – WWII Veteran

crossn81 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:59:20 +0000

Below is the obituary that ran in the Dec 2 issue of The News Leader: —— ROBERT H. MCINTYRE —— World War II veteran Services are planned for Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. at Good Shepherd Christian Church in Macedonia for Robert Henderson McIntyre. Mr. McIntyre, 85, of Macedonia, died Nov. 21, 2009. Mr. McIntyre was born to Henderson [...] No related posts.

More Thanksgiving Weekend Fun

crossn81 — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:54:19 +0000

With people in town we had some more fun hitting the highlights of Minneapolis and the holiday season. Which included the Holidazzle Parade, no pictures this year since we sat in a skyway. And eating Jucy Lucy’s at their home – Matt’s Bar. All visitors are required to pose with the cherry at the Minneapolis Sculpture [...] Related posts:

Thanksgiving Dinner

crossn81 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:39:20 +0000

We celebrated the first Thanksgiving in our new house, by hosting our first Thanksgiving dinner. We had a total of 8 of us sitting around our table for a wonderful feast created by Christy and her minions (my sister and I). Chef Christy preparing the kitchen for a cooking extravaganza Meg making mashed potatoes Our beautiful table Carving the [...] Related posts:

Good News in Somalia

crossn81 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:11:42 +0000

There are little bits of good news happening in the “country” of Somalia. Here is a video from the NYTimes about a Somali refugee who took advantage of what the US and Minneapolis has to offer in terms of education, etc. He then went back to Somalia and is making an impact on his village. [...] Related posts:

Robert McIntyre (1923-2009)

crossn81 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:38:14 +0000

This past weekend a great man ended his earthly suffering and gained his eternal home. No more suffering and pleased to be with his wife, Grandpa will be missed here on earth. We had many memories together over my 28 years. Building rabbit hutches for 4-H. Visits to Florida and singing and acting out “Grandpa got [...] No related posts.

CSA #27

crossn81 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:26:14 +0000

Week 27 of Harmony Valley Farm’s CSA (blog) contained the following: Garlic, Red & Yellow onions, Sweet potatoes, Cipollini onions, Parsnip, Beauty heart radish, Scarlet turnip, Festival squash, Cabbage, Green savoy, Tat soi, Chicory, Carrots We have two more regular deliveries and we signed up for an extended season of four deliveries in January and February of mostly root veggies. We also got notice that the 2010 signups have [...] Related posts: