Blogs

by Sylvia Burgos, 8/5/08 • What makes for great US cheese? It’s the sheep’s milk. Did you know that most of the USA’s 44 sheep dairy operations are in the Upper Midwest and Northeast? Most sheep cheese farms are in northwestern Wisconsin, east central Minnesota, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Rugged country. Rugged sheep.

by Greg Swan, Perfect Porridge • August 4, 2008 •

by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low • August 7, 2008 • I actually have some history with this text — there was a little black book in my father’s study when I was growing up that had a translation of this, that I was obsessed with for about a month, even trying to use it as the basis for a short story (which was, no doubt, a significant step up from the Dragonlance novels that were the basis of everything else I wrote at that time).

by Kate Hoff • August 7, 2008 • First on the list was Charlie Bethel presenting Beowulf or Gilgamesh – You Decide! at the U of M Rarig Arena. First, let me point out that it’s a bonus that Charlie is performing in the festival this year; due to a magical alignment of stars, there was a last-minute drop out, and Charlie happened to be in town visiting…and we’re all lucky because of it.

by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low • August 7, 2008 • I’m at a bit of a loss as to what to say — I’ve already reviewed so many of the pieces that make up this show at the dozens of showcases he’s performed at leading up to the performance.