{"id":1242,"date":"2016-04-30T22:24:34","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T22:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2016-05-01T02:40:42","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T02:40:42","slug":"stuff-you-dont-experience-in-north-dakota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2016\/04\/30\/stuff-you-dont-experience-in-north-dakota\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuff you don’t experience in North Dakota"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent a lot of time in North Dakota. A university in a small state and a small community was probably great for me. I could concentrate on what I valued without the overhead required by a more complicated environment. I traveled a lot – every state and nearly every province – but the setting in which I lived was very predictable.<\/p>\n

I have retired in a way that changes this. I now live in a suburb of Minneapolis and also spend a lot of time in a remote area of northern Wisconsin. A diversity of people and cultures in one location and trees in the other.<\/p>\n

Today, I was on my daily walk around the neighborhood and encountered a cricket match in our local park. First time I have watched cricket in person and it was especially cool to watch a pickup game.<\/p>\n

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