Lifestyle

"It used to be a common occurrence that you would fix things," says Katherine Hayes.

Kara Nesvig: OK, Marcus. This was year two of the two of us (plus my trusty sidekick brother Dylan and your friend Lindsay) hitting up the World’s Toughest Rodeo at the Xcel Center. I was excited because I could actually say, “This ain’t my first time at the rodeo!” and mean it.


As Minnesota temperatures drop to their least hospitable levels, many Twin Citizens enter a state of pseudo-hibernation, flitting in bundled isolation between the warm auras of their homes, cars, and offices. That’s why, at this time of year, a community garden is a perfect daydream: a place where we can dig our hands into warm soil, celebrate green and growing things, run into good people, and linger to chat in the sunshine.