My Minnesota

This week, Oct 5 - 11, is Banned Books Week. Please try to read at least one from the lists of thousands of books banned during the past yea...

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 ...

This year Father’s Day coincides with Bloomsday which, according to The Writer’s Almanac: ... James Joyce fans all over the world are celebr...

more rain is needed to make a rainbow Photo by J. Harrington Wishing you a Happy Father's Day. Mine, so far, has been joyful, but als...

There’s clusters of orange day lilies growing along roadsides all over our county, at least the parts I drive most often. The other afternoo...

 These days I have a tendency to fuss and fume about the state of the world. I’ve noticed I’m not the only one. An assessment of actions and...

Red, in different shades, is the color for Valentine’s Day. That means on or before the fourteenth of this month we’ll start looking at the ...

 Cloudy, dreary, snowing. Bitter cold through New Years weekend. These are indeed the darkest days of the year, both literally and psycholog...

The insurance version of a Christmas amaryllis I bought a few weeks back is opening right on time. The blossoms are white instead of the typ...

Today’s howling winds have stripped most of the remaining leaves from their holds on branches. Morning snow showers were followed by blue sk...

Many years ago, the Better Half discovered, I believe on a public broadcasting radio station, a singer-songwriter named Carrie Newcomer . Th...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently released the latest in their series of reports on its assessment of climate change . ...

At least we haven't yet planted any wildflower seed mixes. We've had reason to cover the annual plantings the past few nights, altho...

 Doe to a worldwide pandemic, many today are more isolated than they would otherwise choose to be. Thanks to Carl Sagan, his wife Ann Druyan...

Last year, or the one before, I read Elizabeth Rush's Rising, Dispatches from the New American Shore . Today's warnings and evacuati...

 Today's posting has no relationship whatsoever with the fact that today is Primary Election Day in Minnesota. It also has absolutely no...

In the fields behind the house, purple love grass is ripening. Soon the seed heads will be getting blown across the fields, scattering seeds...