My Minnesota

Today’s weather, and the state of the country’s and world’s politics, have me waxing nostalgic for times that at least seemed simpler and mo...

On this, the 46th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, we offer for your consideration The National Weather Service’ story ...

Thursday of this week is Earth Day. It was first celebrated in 1970, largely through the instigation of Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin...

Tomorrow we celebrate the Winter Solstice. Tonight's weather forecast calls for some overnight snow, an appropriate prelude to the 4:02 ...

In the fields behind the house, purple love grass is ripening. Soon the seed heads will be getting blown across the fields, scattering seeds...

Tomorrow the "July 4th weekend" celebration starts. Many fireworks displays have been canceled to help protect the health  and liv...

If you haven't read any of Margaret Wheatley's books , I commend them to your attention. I'm in the midst of rereading two that ...

Despite the sunny skies and warmer temperatures, I'd been feeling glum and gloomy. There's still a patch of ice and snow near the fr...

The lines below are as much in the spirit of the season as anything I've ever seen. Merry Christmas! away in a manger, no crib fo...

The black cherry tree behind the house has finally reached peak color. In fact, most of the trees in the neighborhood are at that stage thes...

We've discovered another resource related to Native American place names. It's called Native Land . Native Land Digital is a Canad...

Unlike Caesar, we have once again made it through the Ides of March. The best parts of this year are now ahead of us, at least as far as wea...

We're grateful today for the service and sacrifices from veterans and by their families. In our house, both of the "grown-ups'...

As we headed out for dinner yesterday, we took a careful look at one of the local tamarack bogs. The tamaracks are beginning to show color, ...