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MINNESOTA SPORTS DAD
Trying to re-find the magic of youth sports, one tough discussion at a time.
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Post Script
We’ve been back in Duluth two-and-a-half months. I was never sure if I would or should write a post-script upon returning to Minnesota. ...
csalmela
Sep 20, 20219 min read
Karl Hungus
I’m checking myself how much I need of everything, every time I go to the grocery store. Years past, I would go to the S Market in...
csalmela
Jun 23, 202110 min read
Mökki Sauna
For our family, the sauna at Mimmu’s dad’s mökki—lake cabin—is a hallmark of our relationship with Finland. The sauna and guest room at...
csalmela
Jun 18, 20218 min read
Anne Kyllönen
The great winter of skiing really helped me realize how much I need to exercise all the time. I got relatively fit from near-daily...
csalmela
May 28, 202111 min read
Minnesota Long Goodbye
We didn’t know where this year would lead. And I really mean that. Throughout this adventure, friends and family on all sides have...
csalmela
May 17, 20219 min read
Ice Cream
Anyone moving to a foreign country, even if that country is pretty familiar, is bound to miss some things from home. We are attached to...
csalmela
Apr 27, 202113 min read
Klister
Klister is an amazingly awful wonderful substance. It’s a sticky mess you can’t seem to get rid of. For those not skiers, it's a type...
csalmela
Apr 2, 20217 min read
Finding Forest (Gump)
I think for every word spoken, at least two words get thought. Probably more. Some scientist somewhere probably knows. If you know me...
csalmela
Mar 21, 20217 min read
Wagons
These posts have gotten very ski heavy, partially out of ski racing taking over my entire brain this time of year, but equally due to...
csalmela
Mar 15, 202111 min read
A Good Look In The Mirror
This move has been many things. The physical distance from where we considered home is massive. The cultural distance, even more so. It’s...
csalmela
Mar 5, 20219 min read
Hiihtoloma
"Sankarit." Heroes. Cold but relatively livable temperatures. Snow. Lots of fluffy white snow. It’s been a really nice winter here. ...
csalmela
Mar 1, 20215 min read
Threshold
Click on logo for link When you have some time to get modern, you inevitably will. My age is starting to show in my own perceptions of...
csalmela
Feb 9, 20216 min read
Frozen White and Blue
Something special happens in our bodies when our lungs take in frozen air. It isn’t the same as warm air. I can’t explain the difference...
csalmela
Feb 5, 202112 min read
A Bunch Of Bolshunov
Below is the space in which I could lay out all sorts of analysis of the troubling stuff in this video that would then be challenged by...
csalmela
Jan 26, 20211 min read
Fast Skis And My Left Foot
We were finally going skiing as a family. The kids have been alpine skiing a bunch and Mimmu has gone a couple times on the gear she got...
csalmela
Jan 20, 202116 min read
Ladun Maja
When you grow up idealizing Finland as one of the ultimate places to cross country ski or be a cross country skier—where winter is...
csalmela
Jan 12, 20217 min read
Bizarro Tour de Ski from Finland
Americans Rosie Brennan and Jessie Diggins have taken the 2021 Tour de Ski by force. Photo, US Ski and Snowboard Association Yesterday...
csalmela
Jan 7, 20217 min read
Eppu Normaali
Photo lifted from Helsingin Sanomat A culture’s music, like its food and design, are windows into it’s soul. What is popular is largely a...
csalmela
Jan 3, 202111 min read
A sort of partial farewell...for now...I hope
When everyone everywhere is being affected by a global pandemic, including us hunkered down in my wife's homeland, I certainly wondered...
csalmela
Dec 17, 202012 min read
Joulukuu
December. The darkness has descended. Daylight by sunrise and sunset is under 5 1/2 hours now, but we are in the final stretch to the...
csalmela
Dec 10, 20206 min read
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