My Minnesota

Tonight is the longest night of the year. Soon the days will begin to lengthen as the sun returns to our northern skies, followed, many week...

As the Better Half and I approached the tack barn this morning at dawn, the temperature (not the windchill) varied from -21℉ to -23 ℉. It wa...

Yesterday the Better Half [BH] and I selected and cut down a youngish pine along the driveway for this year's home-grown Christmas tree....

Today it's time to say good-bye to November, since tomorrow we welcome the arrival of December. Signs of Thanksgiving past arrive later ...

It's Thanksgiving week. Around here we are starting the week with well above average temperatures and look like we're going to have ...

For many, tomorrow, January 6, is the feast of the Epiphany . That’s when our Christmas decorations will start to come down for another year...

Winter Solstice arrived at 3:20 am Saturday, local time. The dogs and I were there to greet the arrival of the season as we walked down the ...

Were it not for our persistently cloudy skies, about 3 am this morning we could have enjoyed seeing December's full moon, known as Littl...

 I found this on the internet the other day and wanted to share: A Special Kind of Stupid Slowly, very slowly, the Christmas decorations are...

I bet you know today is the first day of meteorological winter. Locally, Winter solstice occurs on Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 3:20 am CS...

The Christmas decorations are coming down, except for a couple that are frozen in place until we get a thaw. On February 1 / 2 we’ll celebra...

 From time to time I mention that I’m proud to “be of Irish extraction.” Here’s one reason why: The Littlest Christmas Tree By Amy Peterson ...

Almost a decade ago we re-sided and re-shinglled the house. We also had some bracing added to the roof, to be sure it would hold a "min...

Despite the attentions and appetite of a certain lovable but unnamed blogger, it looks like there will be enough cookies for Santa and at le...

Effective this morning, we can expect longer, sometimes brighter, days for the next six months. Then it will take several more months before...

Druids celebrate today as Alban Arthan . Joni Mitchell has written beautifully about an aspect of the solstice cycle in The Circle Game . Ma...

There’s an old phrase I bet you’ve heard: “Keep it simple!” Off and on during the course of my life I’ve tried to follow that piece of advic...

Last night someone must have left open the door between northern Minnesota and Canada. Today is about half the temperature yesterday was and...