My Minnesota

The sky is bright blue and cloudless from where I sit. Warm sunshine contributes to above seasonal temperatures. Almost all of the snow from...

This is Minnesota, North Country. Although we’re a few days away from the end of September, I’ve seen a couple of reports of snow in the vic...

 According to myth, Sisyphus had his boulder to roll uphill. We have oak leaves to clear from the driveway and what laughingly passes for la...

Halloween is Saturday night, but you knew that. Did you also know that Saturday night is Samhain? That means this Saturday night it would be...

There are several scientific explanations of Autumn's leaf color change, including t his one from the Minnesota Department of Natural R...

The snow falling this morning is Winter white. Mother Nature has failed to provide appropriately green snow on St. Patrick's day. In fac...

Unaccustomed as I am to being presumptuous, today I'm going to speak on behalf of all the fathers that fit within my imagination. On the...

Welcome, Spring! Nice to see you again! It's been awhile. Yesterday, we watched two sandhill cranes walk across a snow covered hillsid...

Las night we did a season's end trip to the Taylors Falls Drive-In and each had a healthy food bison burger. Winter isn't even her...

Sometimes the nicest surprises come wrapped in small packages. Earlier this week a new friend sent me an email with the word Tulpa in it. ...

According to a number of recent reports , Bob Dylan, in an interview for AARP magazine, said that "if I had to do it all over again, ...

© harrington Hi! Thanks for coming. For those of you who need to see some real green, here it is. The red osier dogwood cuttings are l...

© harrington Welcome. Thanks for stopping by. Did you see last night's spectacular sunset? The light pillar was one of the best re...