My Minnesota

Last Spring, about the time our pear tree was in bloom, I finally stumbled onto a local source of serviceberry bushes, of a species noted fo...

 Long, long, ago, in a country far, far, away, I seem to recall lending my young daughter my copy of Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals ....

I may have known, but forgot, or maybe I missed the announcement when it was made, but today I (re?)learned that there’s no incumbent in our...

leaning day lilies Photo by J. Harrington About this time each summer, local day lilies put on a show like the one above. For some years n...

As we approach yet another Independence Day, it may be wise to recall a wonderful quotation that Bill McKibben offered about 25 years ago: T...

Many decades ago, when I was in college, a sociology professor teaching one of the courses I took noted that technology changes much faster ...

Now that leaves are opening, it’s easier to see where winter kill has affected some of our trees. There seem to be more blowdowns this year ...

Last evening, for the first time in a long while, I saw a pair of cardinals visit the feeder on the back deck. After days of clouds and floc...

I admit that I don’t remember the 1964 political conventions and presidential campaigns very clearly, but a quick search on the internet giv...

There are sayings that “There is no waste in nature” and “Nature wastes nothing.” You may have seen writings about a “circular economy.” Bas...

Can someone, anyone, explain any significant differences between child care. pre-K and kindergarten? The reason I ask is the Minnesota legis...

There’s lots of open water showing on local lakes and ponds. The Minnesota legislature is considering a bill to reimburse counties for “ice ...

Yesterday the Better Half and I drove past one of the local sugarbushes. She noticed they had their sap collection tubing strung. A little f...