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We live in strange and interesting times. Usually a pileated woodpecker feeds on the suet chunks in the suet feeder. Not this morning. The p...

How are you holding up under the uncertainty? Would it be nicer and better if we lived in a world where politics and government were less re...

I just read a Tweet to the effect that Target has placed its products on Instagram Checkout (whatever that is). While we were out this morni...

I have long been an advocate of shopping locally, preferably not even at a local big box store. I have also viewed with disfavor purchasing ...

All too often we fail to appreciate the beauty of where we live. Today we were in St. Croix Falls, getting our Christmas cards from the St. ...

Dar Williams is a folk singer-song writer and book author. We've been picking our way through one of her books, What I Found in a Thousa...

We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and, if not, that you enjoy a speedy recovery. Today is the day to Opt Outside while we Buy No...

Today we picked up our second Winter Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) share box. Lots of fresh veggies and they threw in a surprise pum...

Happy July 4th, even, especially if, you're Native American or a recent immigrant to the United States of American, 98% of which are loc...

Today's local weather has been about as nice as yesterday's and Saturday's weren't. Skies are darkening to the southwest, so...

The proposal has been accepted. Even while the prenuptuals are being negotiated, even before the marriage is consummated, the Democrats need...

fireplace at the Watershed Cafe Photo by J. Harrington Last night the Better Half [BH] and I tried a local, locally sourced, resta...