My Minnesota

Tonight’s frost advisories end one county north of us. Yesterday, I turned the furnace on for the first time this season. The outside temper...

Today we barely climbed into the single digits. Also at some point today, the Star Tribune added a story to its online edition:  What will b...

Today's posting will be relatively short but not so sweet. Do you rememberer what happened in Texas last winter?  How the Texas power gr...

Sun shining, wind blowing, temperature barely crept into double digits, fields covered in snow, water ice covered. Thanks to the thaw earlie...

August is the month of the Sturgeon Moon Photo by J. Harrington Today is the day of August's full moon, the Sturgeon Moon. Yeste...

If you follow these pages at all irregularly, it will come as no surprise that we rarely find opportunity to thank Minnesota politicians. Fo...

Astronomical Summer has finally caught up with Meteorological Summer. We have from now until September 23 to enjoy Summer, unless we are met...

The 2019 Minnesota legislative session, and the special session needed because the #mnleg couldn't finish its work within the constituti...

There's an organization called the Regenesis Group that specializes in Integrative Design: "The benefits of this process include...

Chicago county is at the southern end of Minnesota's Eighth Congressional District. With the exception of some sand and gravel operation...

Because it's #NationalDogDay, the dogs to whom the Better Half and we belong insisted we post their pictures. Our own four-legged frie...

This morning's Star Tribune has two pieces that, it seems to us, clearly frame Minnesota's future, sort of the way last November 8 f...

We started the day with a beautiful peach and pink sunrise. Then the rest of the clouds filled in. Since mid-day, it's been spitting rai...