My Minnesota

In my younger days, a mixed bag might have meant returning from an afternoon’s hunt with a rabbit, a squirrel or two, and maybe a grouse or ...

Many have been honoring the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Others have been receiving unwelcome recognition such as:  UN adds Israel to list of ...

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

Early this morning, the dogs and I saw a beautiful crescent moon almost cradling Venus in the predawn eastern sky. It was beautiful enough t...

I’m spending less time on social media these days. Elon is busy trashing what used to be a decent online place to hang out and Mastodon, my ...

With some luck, tomorrow we will celebrate Lammas / Lughnasadh . The sourdough loaf I baked a week or so ago is almost gone. Tomorrow I’ll f...

Depending on your perspective, “T” stands for Turkey or Thanksgiving. It’s a day many of us give thanks for our blessings. Some would argue ...

So, what are you going to do with the extra hour we all get tonight? It seems a shame to waste it by sleeping, but at least while I’m asleep...

Happy Father’s Day to all who celebrate. As I recall, I’ve been lucky enough that never once did I receive a necktie as a Father’s Day gift....

At the Sunrise River pools in Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area, the water is high and there’s no sign of ice. Most of the snow on the g...

I’m not denigrating the size, seriousness nor complexity of the issues we face locally, nationally nor globally, but among the current crop ...

Each  of the four sections below has been taken from today’s US version of The Guardian. See if  you can connect the dots embedded in each s...

Minnesota, although failing miserably to attain legislatively mandated goals established in 2007 for greenhouse gas [GHG] reductions, has do...