twin cities yarn

I have not fully explored the LYS's of the Twin Cities, and I often find myself falling in love via the internet. But as a person who professes to love the brick-and-mortar, I need to find my very own LYS. Or two.

I travel to the Twin Cities for classes, both to teach and take, every day in the week, and my journeys weave me into St Paul for weekly yoga, Minneapolis for graduate school, and on.

Where do you buy your yarn? Where have you heard is good in the area? It's time for me to go and touch.

I also want to invest in a swift... This last ball and I were not getting along to start. I had such trouble finding the beginning that I finally broke a strand and began from there.

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Tales of Hoffman: A Picnic Operetta

This summer Mixed Precipitation (MP) has brought back their hugely popular Picnic Operetta tour in community gardens throughout the metro area. Last year MP performed Orpheus and Eurydice, and this year they return with a modern take on the classic opera Tales of Hoffman. Music director Eric Pearson has arranged the score based on Jacque Offenbach's work (with a little '80s pop thrown in for good measure). Artistic director Scotty Reynolds has said that the first location of the tour, Eat Street Community Gardens, holds special meaning because that's where he and his collaborator, chef Nick Schneider, came up with the concept (they were both living at the Omega House, which owns the property where the garden is located). The two collaborators wanted to create a project that integrated food with a theatrical experience. So while enjoying the show, theater goers can expect a multi-course experience of gourmet delights prepared la tavola fresca style—literally "the fresh table," or food that is freshly picked from the garden.

Survey asks how you preserve food at home

From old fashioned canning to bagging and freezing, many people preserve their food for later use. How do you do it?

The Food Preservation Network, in partnership with the Minneapolis Department of Health and Family Support, is exploring ways to develop community-infrastructure that supports residents’ efforts to preserve locally grown foods. As part of this effort, the network is conducting a survey to better understand residents' interests and needs regarding food preservation.

Your responses will help the Food Preservation Network develop a pilot food preservation project that will be implemented in September and October. This survey is completely voluntary and anonymous.

The goal is to increase community capacity to preserve locally grown foods in order to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables and build a stronger, healthier community. This project is part of Homegrown Minneapolis, an initiative to increase the production, distribution, and processing of locally grown foods and is funded by the Statewide Health Improvement Program.

Tree Porn

Sigh... the blonde or the redhead? Or maybe the brunette?

These trees are certainly easy on the eyes, but ultimately we need to choose something that can grow well here. Maybe a cluster of dwarf fruit trees is the most practical (and tasty) way to go?

I could look at tree porn all day!

Chicken Coops & Ice Cream

Both Chris and I 

took the chicken processing class 

at Callister Farm on Sunday.  

My initial write-up is online now. 

on you tube