My Minnesota

Yes, thank you, I have almost recovered from the Spring cold I started coming down with last weekend. Also, once again, the snow cover has f...

On this Easter Sunday, I take a measure of hope from the blossoms on the forsythia bush behind the house, from the songs of the birds, the f...

For many, tomorrow, January 6, is the feast of the Epiphany . That’s when our Christmas decorations will start to come down for another year...

 I found this on the internet the other day and wanted to share: A Special Kind of Stupid Slowly, very slowly, the Christmas decorations are...

Last night, for the first time in months, we had chili for dinner. It helped ease the dank and dreary weather we’ve been having and the even...

I bet you know that the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights . It has an interesting and contentiou...

You can thank my Better Half for today’s posting. This morning she sent me a gift link to a Boston Globe article about the upcoming launch, ...

 Let’s make every day Earth Day, shall we? “Blue Marble,” our only home NASA Photo ID AS17-148-22727 Earth Day By  Jane Yolen I am the Earth...

There’s a story, and a book, about the man who planted trees. I have a copy of the Heron Dance published edition . I’m starting to wonder, i...

Snow is melting. Cloudy skies have some thin spots and patches of blue even. It’s almost Easter weekend. There are enough good things happen...

Pardon me while I ponder out loud. Is it the responsibility of national political parties to ensure that their candidates meet the qualifica...

On this feast of Imbolc : May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day, May songbirds serenade you every step along the way...

I may be uncharacteristically optimistic in my thinking about this, but it seems to me that the world and its inhabitants may be in better s...

Today’s posting will be very short and not so sweet. It’s been triggered by my listening to some folk songs from back when, especiallly one ...

If “learning experience” is what lies between failure and success, that’s what we’ve had with our first boule of sourdough rye bread. It’s s...

It’s another cloudy, dreary day and the forecast is for more of the same for the next week. Last night’s snow showers left about a half an i...

Late yesterday I started playing with some of my fly-fishing gear. Today the Better Half [BH] provided navigation to Bob Mitchell’s Fly Shop...

Here’s an early holiday present for those who celebrate Hanukkah, Solstice, Alban Arthan, Christmas, New Year’s, or anything else at this ti...

Tomorrow is election day. Locally, we’re faced with what may be the most basic ballot we’ve ever seen. There are three items: One school boa...