My Minnesota

Labor Day, the unofficial end of Summer, is two weeks away. The Autumn Equinox officially ends Summer in the northern hemisphere exactly one...

Welcome to Sun Day ! There's an (in)famous quote about news: "If it bleeds, it leads." Doom-scrolling social media, reading th...

Where we live, today is the first full day of Summer. We’re expecting rain and/or thunderstorms all afternoon, which may, or may not, be par...

I recently received an email asking me to split a political contribution between a US Senator running for reelection in his state, and a mem...

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

The Minnesota legislative session is almost over for the year. By the time we’ve figured out what they’ve done to us, they’ll be back at it ...

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

Sometimes I’m unfortunately slow when it comes to adding two plus two. In this case, the arithmetic actually focuses on one plus one: Why is...

The universe is estimated to be almost 15 billion years old; the Earth about 4.5 billion; humans (Homo sapiens) less than a million . I nee...

Skies are cloudy. Ground level air is smokey. Reports are that 80 million Americans are under air quality  alerts. We’re included. If we ge...

Local roadsides are full of crown vetch in bloom. Baltimore orioles are back at the nectar feeder. Much, but far from all, of the natural wo...

 In Minnesota, the Democratic Party is called the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party, but you probably knew that. What’s interesting is th...

Christmas is come and gone. We face the start of a New Year, a New Decade, and, hopefully, a New Beginning? The headlines listed below weren...

We're struggling to stay warm and comfortable in the living room (too many large windows). It's not that it's cold in that room,...

Late yesterday, a little before sunset, we watched a doe and her yearling daughter emerge from the oak woods and head toward the pear tree b...