House Update

Quite a bit of the stuff is packed. No insurmountable obstacles looming. I’ve been in a foul mood the last few days, mostly caused by a few minor issues and a lot of worry. The more stuff is packed/cleaned/resolved, the better I feel, though, so it works out. Auuuuuuuuuuuuuuuggggghhhh!

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My Brother, the Yellow Journalist!

Knippling selected for newspaper job BY C. SHEPPARDBilly McMacken, publisher of the Brookings Register, has announced the hiring of Matt Knippling to join the Moody County Enterprise staff. Knippling will begin his employment August 28th and will replace ML Headrick, who worked for the newspaper for over 20 years. Knippling lives in Eden Prairie, MN

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Loituma

I ran into this the other day and didn’t think much more about it. Yesterday, I heard an article on NPR about it. While the image that accompanies the song is obviously anime (I missed where it was from–if you know, tell me), the band is Loituma, a Finnish folk music quartet. The NPR article

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Kids’ Book Review: Tim Egan’s Roasted Peanuts

(Age 3-4 on up.) I like Tim Egan’s kids’ books. They aren’t spectacular. They aren’t a delight to read (not the way books by Dr. Seuss or Maurice Sendak are). What they are is literate. They are, in fact, the most “literate” kids’ books I’ve ever come across. Most kids’ books assume kids can’t assimilate

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