My Minnesota

I voted on Friday, October 16; participated in the local No Kings - Vote Early rally on Saturday; and today reached the limit of letting MAG...

Hints of gold are arriving amongst the greens of roadside grasses. Splashes and tints of tan can be seen in the verdant treetops. We're ...

In our northern hemisphere, this coming Saturday, August 1,  Lughnasadh  is celebrated among the Celts and Irish Gaelic. Locally, row crop h...

One week from today, March 1, is the start of meteorological Spring. Astronomical Spring follows about three weeks later. Then, here in the ...

 It's Superb owl Sunday. The sun is shining. Temperature may reach 32℉ for a short time today, more time at higher temperatures later th...

Today is the Celtic feast of Imbolc . In Celtic country it would be the first day of Spring. Here in the North Country it's mid-Winter a...

It's been so cold for so long even the dogs have cabin fever. They clamor to go out but as soon as we're outside in -10℉ to -20℉ tem...

Today's windy and cloudy weather feels threatening, sort of like the regime in Washington, D.C. I've been trying to track events and...

There’s an article in the Minnesota Reformer claiming we need a full time legislature . As I read through it the other day, I couldn’t find ...

Next November 5 has the possibility of telling the world a lot about the character of the American people. Barring the unforeseen, a growing...

For a holiday weekend that represents the unofficial beginning of summer, we're “enjoying” another gray, showery, cloudy, dreary day. At...

The other day I was fussing and fuming here about the Minnesota legislature, among other things. These recent articles ( Chaotic end leaves ...

The media coverage I’ve seen so far has focused on the questions raised by SCOTUS members and claims made by opposing sides in the question ...

It seems to me that Dee Davis’ (publisher of the Daily Yonder and president of the Center for Rural Strategies). review of White Rural Rag ...

When I voted this morning, there were four election judges, and me, for the entire mid-morning time I was there. Someone left the voting sit...