My Minnesota

This Friday morning past, the wind was finally calm after a hard frost night. I watched the maple trees in front of the house drop leaves li...

I missed noting that yesterday was  Lughnasadh , the first of two harvest festivals, the second being Alban Elfed (the Autumn Equinox) . Tod...

We saw the first “Back to school” ads recently. Many of the local roads are under repair in various and sundry places. Weather is heated, hu...

In recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, I want to share a resource I recently discovered. NYU, a few years back, chose Robin Wall Kimmere...

We're in the last week of the seasonal crossover. On Saturday next, both the meteorological and the astronomical autumns will be in alig...

The month is half gone. According to my copy of The Pagan Book of Days , “In ancient Rome, the tradition of Winter’s Day was held a day late...

The October decorations: gourds, pumpkins, halloween candy, are now in place on the stoop and the dining table. Pumpkins will become Jack-o’...

Three books have had a disproportionate influence on me in both my professional and my personal life. They are Ian McHarg’s Design with Natu...

The dogs and I got a really good look at an almost full moon this morning. It was bright white and high in the sky when we took our early af...

May your harvest be abundant and well shared. I’m feeding sourdough starter to craft this Lammas ’ week a loaf of bread. Unfortunately, we c...

For the record, as of today, I’m looking forward to Autumn. Fortunately for folks like me, temperatures appear to be on a gradual downward s...

Most mornings the dogs and I are up early. This morning that was a major disadvantage because early brought skies full of thunder and lightn...

This morning I headed north to spend some time reading with my 1 year-old granddaughter. The sun was low in the sky so I mostly took gravel ...

We’ve gone from a misty morning to a long, soaking, much needed rain. Perhaps soil moisture and groundwater levels may approximate where the...

There are wasps or hornets flitting about in the wind, looking for...? This is about the time of year when hornets(?) begin building a nest ...

Today's feast of Lughnasadh is celebrated by many. It marks the beginning of the harvest season, a time for a blessing such as: May you...

So, yesterday's good news is that I had enough sense to begin wearing a COVID-19 face mask while outside for any period of time in the s...