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Millennial asks: Is 'OK boomer' a generational insult or olive branch?

This viral meme sits at the center of generational warfare. But is it a weapon or a peace offering?
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How an outsider came to love the forbidding Minnesota winter

December 4, 2019
Illustration by Ellen Schofield
Thirty-one years ago, I moved from New York to Minnesota. I imagined myself as a character in Ole Rolvaag's "Giants in the Earth": far from family in a foreign land, the climate of which seemed designed to kill me.
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Winter fun! Watching my Californian neighbors puzzle over Minn. quirks

December 24, 2018
Winter fun! Watching my Californian neighbors puzzle over Minn. quirks
The new Minneapolis neighbors embraced and even improved upon our regional idiosyncrasies.

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A collection of stories written by Minnesotans that are focused on life in the state.