Almost there

Hi! Thanks for checking in. If you're wondering why the blog looks different, please check with Blogger. I haven't intentionally changed anything. Much as I've always wanted to "fly like an eagle," these days I'd settle for being able to caw like a crow. Sharp noises and rapid movements hurt my head. I know, those of us who have survived traumatic surgery should be more grateful. I'm sure I will be as the experience of random pain and twinges diminishes. For now though, I again want to let Sue and the crew at Subtext know how much I appreciate their efforts in keeping alive our list of twenty five books every Minnesotan should read. Yesterday I updated the list [below]. It now has links (to local independent stores as much as I could). Here it is [although we're still not up to 25]:

Paul Gruchow:	Journal of a Prairie Year
Robert Bly:	Silence in the Snowy Fields
Howard Mohr:	How to Talk Minnesotan: A Visitor’s Guide
Craig Blacklock:	Lake Superior Images
Paul Gruchow and Jim Brandenberg:	Minnesota: Images of Home
Mary Lethert Wingerd:	North Country: The Making of Minnesota
John Tester:	Minnesota’s Natural Heritage: An Ecological Perspective
Jim Gilbert:	Minnesota’s Outdoor Wonders
Sigurd F. Olson	Wilderness Days
Bill Holm:	The Music of Failure
Laura Ingalls Wilder	Little House on the Prairie [series]
Lorna Landvik	Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
Helen Hoover	The Gift of the Deer; Place in the Woods
Grace Lee Nute	The Voyageurs Highway
Justine Kerfoot	Woman of the Boundary Waters
Lucy L. Morris	Old Rail Fence Corners: Frontier Tales Told by Minnesota Pioneers
Sarah Stonich	Vacationland; These Granite Islands
Louise Eridrich	The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
Kent Nerburn	Neither Wolf nor Dog
Claudia Poser	Dreaming in German
Donna Tabbert Long	Tastes of Minnesota
Danielle Sosin	The Long-Shining Waters

I'd also like to thank readers of this blog for their patience with the irregularity of recent postings. I can but suggest how much I wish I were in shape to do better. I'm planning on getting back to rants, raves and reflections served here daily as soon s I can. In the interim, I'll do what I can and continue to appreciate your patience. Both will be needed for the near future. Mother Nature seems to be determined to teach me that neither growing a plant nor recovering from an injury can rightly be hurried. I think the student is ready.