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Areavoices Digest #81 – Tatted Lace and more

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Happy soon-to-be 4th of July everyone!

When you’re not out  barbecuing or watching fireworks, be sure to check out some of our newest and hottest blogs on Areavoices, including a brand-new-to-our-platform crafting blog that’s bound to get a little “pin” interest.

Have a great 4th of July!
Tatted Lace
ladytatslace.areavoices.com
Longtime blogger Jeanne Lugert is new to Areavoices and shares her talents in tatted lace and more. Welcome Jeanne!

Moorhead Library – Your Community Living Room
mhlibrary.areavoices.com
News and information from the public library in Moorhead, Minnesota.

Cultural Diversity Resources
culturaldiversity.areavoices.com
Building communities that value diversity through serving as the intercultural bridge that strengthens bonds and facilitates understanding among diverse communities.

Boomer’s Bliss
boomersbliss.areavoices.com
Writer Beth Bradley’s blog is “the place to be when your midlife crisis has expired.”

Outdoors with Sam Cook
samcook.areavoices.com
Summer is a good time to check in on Sam Cook’s popular blog  exploring the great outdoors in Minnesota.

Areavoices Digest #62 – What exactly is “Geek Culture” anyway?

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Would you describe yourself as a “geekette?”

Well, that’s how Kari Lucin describes herself. This Areavoices blogger says she loves “Dungeons and Dragons,” science fiction and playing video games. She writes about all of her loves in her blog “Oh look! A Shiny Thing!” The blog is both well-written and very funny. Step into Kari’s world for a minute. She claims you don’t even need to be a geek.

It’s just the first in this week’s recommended blogs.
Oh Look! A Shiny Thing
http://shiny.areavoices.com
The author, a self-described geekette, hopes to bring a bit of geek culture to the rest of the world.

Middle Aged Plague
http://middleagedplague.areavoices.com
Modern life’s oddities and ends.

The Dirt
http://thedirt.areavoices.com
The real dirt on gardening (and a little cooking too) from Master Gardener Sandra Paulson.

In the Black
http://intheblack.areavoices.com
It’s not what you earn, it’s what you spend.

The Farm Bleat
http://farmbleat.areavoices.com
Tales of a country girl from Southwest Minnesota.

Areavoices Digest #61

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Here is this week’s list of recommended blogs. Enjoy!

Healthy Lifestyle

http://healthylifestyle.areavoices.com

Better health through nutrition

While you were in

http://fun.areavoices.com

Duluth News Tribune arts and entertainment reporter Christa Lawler covers “a hodgepodge of nonsense, including overflow from interviews with rock stars, reviews, and links to things you should read/watch/hear.”

Minnesota Sports Shorts

http://louiestgeorge.areavoices.com

An overview of Minnesota’s often vexing sports scene with Duluth News Tribune copy editor Louie St. George III.

North Dakota Outdoors and Beyond

http://dougleier.areavoices.com

Outdoors, hunting, fishing, trapping and more.

Fargo School Talk

http://fargopublicschools.areavoices.com

The official blog of Fargo public schools. Great pictures! Great info!

Jamestown Sun wants your hunting blog!

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The Jamestown Sun does a nice job highlighting Areavoices bloggers in a special way.

Each week they do a page of nothing but Areavoices blogs.

Right now editor Logan Adams is looking for blogs related to the hunting season and the coming Thanksgiving holiday. If you’ve written any posts related to these topics and would be interested in being published in The Jamestown Sun, Adams would love to consider it.

 

Just email him at ladams@jamestownsun.comto suggest a post.

 

 

Areavoices Digest #53 – Two new blogs and three old favorites

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I’ll keep this short and sweet. We have a couple of great new blogs on Areavoices and three older ones you might have missed. Check them out!
If you’d like to see your blog featured in this digest every week, just let me know!

 

 

The Stage at Island Park (NEW)
http://thestage.areavoices.com
The Stage at Island Park is the venue for 6 different theater companies in the Fargo-Moorhead area. This blog shares information about the various productions being held at the facility.


Bonanzaville (NEW)
http://bonanzaville.areavoices.com
News from the region’s foremost Pioneer Prairie Village and Museum located in West Fargo, North Dakota and operated by the Cass County Historical Society.


The New Forty
http://thenewforty.areavoices.com
“They say fifty is the new forty. Hmmmm, I’ll let you know” says blog author Mrs. C. who writes about anything and everything and usually has some fun along the way.


Outdoors with Sam Cook
http://samcook.areavoices.com
Writer Sam Cook covers outdoor news from the North woods of Minnesota.


Ag At Large
http://ag-at-large.areavoices.com
Mikkel Pates has been writing about agriculture in the Midwest and Upper Great Plains for 30 years. He is a staff writer for Agweek Magazine and The Grand Forks Herald, both in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

More outdoors news coming on Areavoices – Areavoices Digest #49

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For those of you craving more hunting, fishing, and camping news, we’ve got it on Areavoices. Brad Dokken of The Grand Forks Herald is supplementing his outdoors coverage from the paper with a blog. He hopes it will provide space for outdoors news that might not otherwise make it into the Sunday paper or is better suited to the timeliness of the blog.

It’s just the first  in this week’s recommended blogs. Enjoy!

Compass Points
http://braddokken.areavoices.com
Brad Dokken has been an outdoor writer for The Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald since February 1998. This blog will provide hunting, fishing, camping and other outdoor information.

The Hawthorne Neighborhood Blog
http://hawthorne.areavoices.com
Hawthorne is a beautiful old tree-line neighborhood in South Fargo. This blog shares news and happenings with its residents.

Volunteer Bemidji!
http://volunteerbemidji.areavoices.com
Your link to community stewardship in the Bemidji, Minnesota region

Not So Vintage Packers
http://notsovintagepackers.areavoices.com
Sara Boom is new to blogging. But as a Packer lover she has a lot to write about in what’s been a very successful season for the boys from Green Bay.

The Book Shelf
http://pleasurereading.areavoices.com
Sherry Pekas is also new to the blogging world, but is anxious to get rolling in her first book blog. Stay tuned for reviews, recommendations and more.

Areavoices Digest #35 – Father’s Day blogs

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His words resonated through the 1990′s. UH, UH, UH…More Power!

I couldn’t help but grunt Tim the Toolman’s words to myself today (quietly….I didn’t want my co-workers to think I was odd….any more odd than they already think I am). 

I noticed, almost by accident, that some of the new blogs crossing my desk this week were pretty testosterone heavy. Kind of serendipitous considering Father’s Day is fast approaching.

So for all the dads out there these blogs are for you (lots of women will like them too):  

Midwest Outdoor Journal – http://midwestoutdoorjournal.areavoices.com  Here’s a blog for the Dad who loves hunting, fishing and the outdoors. Chris Larsen is an outdoor writer and television producer residing in River Falls, Wisconsin. He’s a former TV sports anchor who is now the Content Editor of Foremosthunting.com and Producer of Foremost Outdoor TV, a regional program highlighting the outdoor lifestyle in the Upper Midwest.  

The Racing Life – http://theracinglife.areavoices.com  Talk about “MORE POWER!” This blog is written by Sailer Productions in conjunction with their television show “The Racing Life.” Their goal is to show all the aspects of dirt track racing in parts of North Dakota and Minnesota , highlighting interviews with race car drivers and all the people that work together to put on a night at the races.

Red River Kart – http://redriverkartclub.areavoices.com This blog is also written by Sailer Productions to promote the Red River Kart Club which started in 2010. The club holds races at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds in West Fargo, ND.

How to Survive the Back 9 – http://mysticlakegolf.areavoices.com – For the dads (moms and kids too) who spend their weekends on the course, PGA golf professional Al Pehrson from The Meadows at Mystic Lake offers golf tips and advice.

Culture Builds Community – http://theartscenter.areavoices.com Some dads are into the arts. This blog out of Jamestown, North Dakota will share weekly aspects and aspirations of The Arts Center’s Culture Builds Community Story. It will highlight art, artists, volunteers, programs and activities to show how powerful the arts can be in building and strengthening our communities.

Areavoices Digest #19 – February 16, 2011 “Spanning the Globe, etc”

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Remember that old “ABC Wide World of Sports” slogan….”Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport..”
Well I feel like this digest could be “spanning the region to give you a constant variety of blog.”
 
I’m particularly happy with this weeks fivesome because they come from the far reaches of Forum Communications newspapers and websites. (Western ND, South Dakota, Southern MN. Sorry Wisconsin, I don’t have any Wisconsin bloggers this time around. But I did cheer for the Packers so I’m not that horrible a person, right?)  Like last week, all of these blogs are already featured in at least one website in the company. I think they’re worth checking out.
 
The Prairie Blog – http://theprairieblog.areavoices.com  Jim Fuglie is a former writer from The Dickinson Press. He started his blog in December, took a little break but is active again. He says his blog will be about politics and prairie literature. He says he also wants to highlight “The Best of ND, etc.”  For example, he says he might write : “’Some Of The Funniest Things Ever Written About North Dakota’ over some excerpts from columns by Wayne Lubenow or Tony Bender or Lloyd Omdahl. Or ‘Some of the Best Songs Ever Sung By North Dakotans’ over songs by Chuck Suchy or Bobby Vee. You get the idea.”  I think this is really fun stuff!
Shootin the Wit – http://shootin.areavoices.com – Laura Stoneburner says her blog is “a column about life that should never, ever be taken too seriously.”  She’s written about her disdain for public grooming, why certain songs are overplayed on the radio and why Italian pasta isn’t that good in Italy. I thought it was really fun.
 
South Dakota Outdoors Adventures – http://sdoa.areavoices.com.   Do you ever hunt, fish or vacation in South Dakota? This is a nice blog about the outdoors. Good reading.
 
Staying Fit and Healthy – http://stayingfitandhealthy.areavoices.com - Laura Devine is the owner of Real Fit Workout Studio in Cottage Grove, MN. She is blogging about fitness and wellness tips for real life people.
 
The Flensburger Files – http://flensburgerfiles.areavoices.com - “Based on the travels and experiences gathered by a former Minnesotan in the last decade, the Flensburg Files takes you on a tour of the outside; namely showing you some interesting places that are worth visiting and giving you some food for thought from the eyes of the writer and photographer who has been there and done that.” 
Happy reading! And as always please let me know if you write a blog and you want to be featured on our newspaper and broadcast websites. We’re always looking for great bloggers!