My Minnesota

I thought any remaining snow would have been erased by recent warm temperatures and rain, and I was wrong. There are still scattered patches...

Last evening, for the first time in a long while, I saw a pair of cardinals visit the feeder on the back deck. After days of clouds and floc...

We finally got lots of rain last night. The telltale puddle in the driveway was close to full this morning. Yesterday brought several severe...

There’s an article in the Star Tribune that misses several significant points relative to its purported subject. The head states:  Minnesota...

Local farms are in the midst of a first cutting of hay. Round bales are popping up everywhere except corn or soybean fields or where the cut...

I’m going to skip ranting today but I want to call to your attention some likely misguided governmental expenditures. Although I don’t suppo...

An excerpt from an email sent by our Republican congressman this morning: During the hearing we heard about the challenges we have in access...

Let’s see: past the Summer solstice; temperatures again exceeding 90℉; thunderstorms in the forecast for the evening hours; seems like Summe...

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

The branches of trees are ice-coated, again. The ground is covered in freezing/melting slush. Temperatures have been hovering around 32℉. Ha...

The Biden Administration has cancelled the two mineral leases necessary for the Twin Metals project to proceed. In the near  term, that’s g...

 Six years (3 elections?) ago, the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor party’s Environmental Caucus agreed to defer action on a contentious, b...

Today’s posting will be short and sweet. There’s some good news to report for a change. Paul Hawken’s Regeneration has been released and I’...

In meteorological terms, we're close to midsummer, July 17. Astronomically, it won't occur until August 6. Whichever system you pref...

It's been quite awhile since we've had any rain around here. From what I can read, it's much worse west and south of here. Meanw...