My Minnesota

It’s the end of March; the beginning of Spring. The back yard and the driveway are covered in an inch or so of fresh snow. More storms, with...

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...

Today is Native American Heritage Day . November is Native American Heritage Month . In Minnesota, Native American Heritage is acknowledged ...

Today marks the start of Native American Heritage Month. Minnesota’s Governor, Tim Walz, has issued an official proclamation . In a similar ...

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

Tomorrow is Indigenous Peoples’ Day . If I’ve read my history correctly, settlement of the “New World” by European colonists was largely jus...

The world that is being created around us is less and less one that I want to support or participate in. I won’t be presumptuous enough to c...

 Today’s posting speaks for itself in gratitude and apology. History of Navajo Code Talkers Day Navajo Code Talkers and the Unbreakable Code...

As I’ve pondered my experiences in New England and Minnesota, trying to get a handle on why my affections for the former are so much stronge...

Today’s title borrows from Wes Jackson . Today is International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples . Yesterday, the voters in Ohio ch...

Lammas, or  Lughnasadh , is celebrated one week from today, on August 1. In its honor, I have a sourdough loaf in the oven. It’s been months...

A week from tomorrow is July 4. Where I come from [Boston, MA], that’s deep into Summer. June is wending along the same path as Spring, into...

 As I was rereading the first chapter of Joy Harjo’s Catching the Light this morning, my day was brightened by  this paragraph: The traditi...

  Earthrise , taken on December 24, 1968, by  Apollo 8  astronaut  William Anders That’s our home planet pictured above. The only one we hav...

There are still a few widely scattered patches of snow remaining after a couple of days in the 80s.We are now into RED FLAG brushfire seaso...