My Minnesota

 Leaf buds are burst. Leaf out has begun. The creeping Charlie in front of the house  has pretty little blue flowers. The lily of the valley...

June is almost gone, taking the first half of 2024 with her. My favorite season, autumn, lies ahead. I need to work harder to keep politics ...

There’s an article in MinnPost that has me more confused than usual: Greater Minnesota cities seek funding for EMS delivery, infrastructure ...

Many, many years ago I encountered the quote : “Demography is destiny,” probably in a college sociology course. This morning, and in other r...

A growing number of cities have or are eliminating single family zoning to increase density and make housing more affordable and cities mor...

Here in Minnesota, today is “Give to the Max Day.” My email inbox and our snail mail box have been getting loaded with notices about how muc...

Tomorrow is Earth Day. Today, in honor of tomorrow, I urged my Congressman (Republican) and my two US Senators (Democrats), to support refor...

Except for a few wreathes, Christmas has been put away for another year, just in time to prepare for Imbolc on February 1, which is also th...

We officially had a January thaw yesterday and it’s continuing today. The Twin Cities office of the National Weather Service Tweeted this mi...

Thanksgiving is over, although we’ll be eating turkey for awhile yet. Thanks to the Better Half’s [BH] efforts today, the house is looking a...

Branches bare of leaves are top-coated with snow. The woods look full of giant skeletons. An occasional peek of sunshine brightens an otherw...

Welcome to autumn, meteorologically speaking. As far back as I can remember it’s been my favorite season, despite summer’s freedoms being re...

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...

On our very own home front, there's been limited action at the bird feeders this week. Time for nesting, incubating and/or feeding nestl...