I don’t know why I thought Sioux Falls, SD was named Sioux Falls… apparently there are actual waterfalls here!  When somebody told me this I thought they were crazy, turns out they were right.  They’re small falls, but waterfalls none the less.

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So, it wasn’t entirely untrue when I told you that I haven’t been creative lately.  My work at Planned Parenthood in Sioux Falls has been the best kind of challenging!  I have to be creative but stay within our message, I get to be politically engaged but on a level that I really, really enjoy.  [...]

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“One Gallon Pizza Sauce Containers Painted with Rust Paint, Toronto, Canada”
from Happy Sleepy’s Flickr Stream with How-To instructions

I’ve compiled a list of some projects I want to bust out… probably when I return from SD.  I only brought my embroidery supplies out here with me– the paper stuff would require almost the whole car!

Sticky [...]

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There are very, very few things about which I am certain.  Frankly, when I signed a one-year lease I nearly had a panic attack.  How could I possibly know I was going to be in one city for a year?  And, actually, I wasn’t.  My 5 weeks in SD comes right at the end of [...]

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“Girl Next to Barn with Chicken,” from the Library of Congress’ Flickr stream.

American Gothic
William Stafford
If we see better through tiny,
grim glasses, we like to wear
tiny, grim glasses.
Our parents willed us this
view. It’s tundra? We love it.
We travel our kind of
Renaissance: barnfuls of hay,
whole voyages of corn, and
a book that flickers [...]

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I can’t possibly be the only one who likes to photograph and catalog all the mail she gets, right?
Jon very sweetly forwarded all my mail to me out in South Dakota this week– a few birthday cards, some University bills, and a new Japanese craft book!  I am so excited about this new book.  I [...]

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Yesterday I got my Sioux Falls, SD library card.  Maybe I’ll be admitting how nerdy I am, but I now have three active library cards: Washington DC, University, and Sioux Falls.  Frankly, my priority when I move to a new city is find the central library and get my library card.  I usually do this [...]

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Yesterday I got to leave the campaign a little early– luckily busy bosses don’t make their staff wait around all day.  I went by the coop to drop off a few fliers and pick up my week’s worth of groceries, including the fixings for bouchons.  As soon as I got home I started to work [...]

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I spent the weekend walking around Sioux Falls, SD canvassing for the SD Campaign for Healthy Families.  I have to admit, I was a little nervous about going out on a Sat. and Sun. morning to talk about abortion.  After all, who wants to talk about fetuses before they’ve had their second cup of coffee?
It [...]

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“The School for Secretaries” via FoundPhotosLJ’s Flickr Stream.  Licensed under the Creative Commons.

Employed
Beverly Rollwagen
She just wants to be employed
for eight hours a day. She is not
interested in a career; she wants a job
with a paycheck and free parking. She
does not want to carry a briefcase filled
with important papers to read after
dinner; she does not want [...]

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