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Access

Kinda Different Posted on 2015-07-15 by kdawson2015-08-05

The Internet is a sometime thing at our new place. The cable guy comes Friday morning to get us hooked up for 50 Mbps down / 5 up. Comcast: imagine my joy. We had initially … ‣ more…

Posted in Internet, Moving | 2 Replies

Van

Kinda Different Posted on 2015-07-15 by kdawson2015-08-05
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The moving van will be arriving today about 1:00 pm, some 18 hours earlier than the originally estimated time. I am looking forward to having places to sit and to put things. The hundreds of … ‣ more…

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Breakfast

Kinda Different Posted on 2015-07-15 by kdawson2019-03-06

We have a new contender for regular breakfast place in the neighborhood: the Grandview Grill (note: mute speakers if you don’t like sites that play music when clicked). It doesn’t serve up Wi-Fi but the … ‣ more…

Posted in Breakfast, Restaurants

Sleep

Kinda Different Posted on 2015-07-15 by kdawson2015-08-08

Our new online-ordered Leesa mattress arrived yesterday on the UPS truck. When we flew out last month to close on the new house, we had brought an inflatable mattress in checked luggage; that’s what we … ‣ more…

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Names

Kinda Different Posted on 2015-07-13 by kdawson2018-12-22

To me, my wife is Katharyn, and has been for the 22 years I have known her. To her family she is Katie — and has been for a longer time than that. Here in … ‣ more…

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Arrival

Kinda Different Posted on 2015-07-13 by kdawson2019-07-07
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We arrived at Arezzo Ristorante yesterday at 6:30, right on time to meet Katharyn’s brother to cele­brate his birthday. We literally got out of the car after driving from Geneva, Illinois and sat down to … ‣ more…

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Betwixt

Kinda Different Posted on 2015-07-12 by kdawson2015-09-04

Two-thirds of the way to St. Paul, in our laden car Maxie (the Ford C-MAX), we are between two lives. Here is one symbol of the state of betwixtness in which we journey: Our house … ‣ more…

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Kinda

Kinda Different Posted on 2015-06-27 by kdawson2022-03-30

I’m moving with my wife from exurban Boston to St. Paul, Minnesota. She is from the Twin Cities; I’m from East. Except for 6 years in California I have lived only in the East. (That … ‣ more…

Posted in Culture, Minnesota Nice | 3 Replies

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