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It’s book time
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Country life turned this driver soft in the city
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Pardon me, my blog is showing
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Raising a blogger militia
Thanks to the good folks who showed up at the blog class at Hibbing Community College last night. I taught the class for KAXE’s Community Journalism Project, an initiative to get people started with community blogging all over northern Minnesota. When we have a strong network of bloggers working, we’ll be able to aggregate a…
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Free blog class this Wednesday night in Hibbing
This is a cool opportunity for HCC students and staff and the Iron Range community at large. Next Wednesday from 6 to about 8 p.m. I’ll be leading a free class about blogging as part of the KAXE Community Journalism Project. Essentially, if you’re interested in starting a blog this will give you some strategies…
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Nothing but clear liquids for the time being
There’s plenty going on locally, statewide and nationally but blogging is slow because I’m sick. The whole house is sick. We’re all getting better but 36 hours ago it was a cauldron of disease around here. Babies firing arcs of barf across the living room, 10 pairs of child jammies called into emergency service, parents…
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It’s the wind that’ll get ya’
You know what blogs often lack? A sense of place. Well, here goes. In northern Minnesota today it is FREAKING COLD and FREAKING WINDY. All the schools cancelled except the community college where I work. Most of my students are staying home so I will have to repeat everything I say today over the next…
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MinnesotaBrown blog going through "the changes"
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Join me in ‘real time’ for 1/23 blogging seminar in Grand Rapids
For those interested in joining a special project for northern Minnesota, take note. KAXE is part of a community journalism initiative to create a website to share local news and culture. They have been holding Community Journalism seminars for people interested in gathering, analyzing and sharing information. Starting this week MinnesotaBrown is getting involved. This…
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Happy 2008!
We’re in a bit of a holding pattern today. Not much locally and all the national news focuses on Thursday’s Iowa caucuses. The MinnesotaBrown endorsements — irrelevant though they may be — will be out tomorrow. So, Happy New Year! I’ll post later if I hear something. Related posts: No related posts.
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Christmas decompression
We survived a rather extensive family Christmas marathon involving lots of meat, cheese and potatos and very few green vegetables. Also, lots of baby holding and toddler chasing, but that’s a given these days. Santa brought Cranky the Crane, so all is well. We seem to have a news hole right now. Nothing significant, other…
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Merry Christmas from MinnesotaBrown
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Brown on the Air: Winter Wonderland
The long Christmas weekend begins Saturday with the topic of KAXE’s “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE: Winter Wonderland. We northern Minnesotans live in just such a wonderland. My essay is about how recent unusual winters have been a drag for our local snow enthusiasts. Only it’s supposed to be funnier than how I…
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Vote on Santa question
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How to win the Iron Range
This is the second long post in a series about the political climate on Northern Minnesota’s Iron Range. I cross post these kinds of things with www.mnblue.com and my own www.minnesotabrown.blogspot.com. Last week I talked about how Range politics centers on personal relationships. The region blends social conservatism with economic liberalism to create a unique…