Author Archives: Amber

For my birthday this year, I treated myself to a short trip to the North Shore (along with the new camera lens, some new jeans, etc.) Here is a sampling of the results. Canal Park Gooseberry Falls Knife River Silver … Continue reading →

Ah, it’s fair season. Today is the last day of the Kandiyohi County Fair, and I hope to get out there again, but it probably won’t happen. On the other hand, plans are afloat to make it home for most … Continue reading →

When you get new toys, why wait to play with them?  

I signed up to bring a salad for the office picnic tomorrow and I’m putting off making the simple pasta salad just because it means I will end up having to do the dishes when I’m done. This is not … Continue reading →

Last weekend (and yes, I know this is Thursday), I helped clean out my grandmother’s old apartment. It was … interesting. I should have taken some pictures of the different items, like the red fake velvet lamp that was hanging in … Continue reading →

This is how it started. Because I read that blog, last weekend I went on a John Cusack movie bender. I started with "Say Anything," moved on to "America’s Sweethearts", "Grosse Pointe Blank", and ended with "High Fidelity". After that, I … Continue reading →

He’s only 16 months old, I told myself. You can do this, I thought. Then I called my mother to make sure, because I don’t really think I have any kind of maternal instinct beyond "That’s a cute outfit," or … Continue reading →