My Minnesota

Late yesterday two whitetail deer poked their way along the edge of the woods behind the house. First whitetail sightings of the year on our...

Do you remember the phrase "you don't know beans about ...?" Today, and ever since Christmas, when we were given a package of ...

It's been a tough Winter. Meteorologically, it ended with February. We've been going through lots of sunflower seeds and suet, but w...

Today is February 15. When we awoke this morning, the temperature was -5℉. Local windchills are in the -20℉ range and colder to the West of ...

Minnesota has several wildflowers of the Gentiana family. The Minnesota Wildflowers web site lists five Gentiana and three other "Gent...

[UPDATE: we don't know how we missed this, but we did. Here's Hoagland's section from his "Twenty Pieces" essay:] p...

In our neck of the woods, we're back into several days of cloudy, showery weather, conditions conducive to following the suggested eight...

If a dark age can have a dawn, it may occur about noon tomorrow. Did anyone ever find out what "Make America Great Again" is suppo...

The Christmas tree is down. Dropped needles have been vacuumed up. The base of a replacement brush pile is in place behind the house. Snow s...

Earlier this week I started reading Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma . His coverage on fast food would have been more than ...

I've been involved with environmental planning and regulation for much of my adult life. I've been actively participating in green...

When I was growing up on the east coast, I learned the adage "red sky at night, sailor's delight; red sky in morning, sailors tak...

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