Spice up your Sunday afternoon with a visit to the University of Minnesota to hear Olivia Judson,author of Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation. Judson is an evolutionary biologist, and her discussions about the whys and wherefores of procreation are both fascinating and funny. She writes The Wild Side blog for the New York … Continue reading A Belle at the Bell
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Four Pizzas and Two Paddles
Two Minnesota teenagers have retraced Eric Sevareid's 1930 canoe journey from Ft Snelling to Hudson Bay. Sevareid told the world about his trip in the memoir Canoeing with the Cree. Today's travelers, Colton Witte and Sean Bloomfield, announced the end of their journey via a satellite beacon message.Details of the trip are here and here.--David … Continue reading Four Pizzas and Two Paddles
Tasha Tudor
Renowned children's book illustrator Tasha Tudor has died at the age of 92. The New York Times' obituary is here.Tudor illustrated almost 40 books and used the proceeds to fund her life on a Vermont farm, where she lived in the manner of an early 19th century farmer, growing much of her own food and … Continue reading Tasha Tudor
Musings from Magers and Quinn 