Monthly Archives: April 2008

Cohousing: A new living opportunity in the Northfield area?

April 17, 2008 – 9:22 am

Over roughly the past year, I have spent a lot of time researching the possibility of developing a cohousing project in the Northfield area. I have visited several long-established cohousing projects (Nyland Cohousing, Boulder, Colorado; Monterey Cohousing Community, St. Louis Park, Minnesota; Zephyr Valley Community Cooperative, Rushford, Minnesota), read extensively on the subject, and talked [...]

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Oak rain barrels are back!

April 16, 2008 – 7:37 am

I vowed to my wife, Anne, that never again would I do anything as crazy as the Great Bridge Square Rain Barrel Extravaganza of 2006. I have more or less kept that vow, but that hasn’t ended my love affair with rain barrels made from genuine, fresh-from-the-distillery, Kentucky oak bourbon barrels.
The last of the semi-load [...]

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On the road again

April 12, 2008 – 11:20 am

I was on the road again this week, and this time it wasn’t on my bike. While I have had some great rides already this spring, including several with the lads and lasses of the Northfield Bicycle Club, I’m talkin’ about ridin’ the Dog. As in Greyhound, the venerable inter-city transport of the American working [...]

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