My Minnesota

Well, we now know what it’s like to be the recipient of almost 3.5 inches of rain in less than 24 hours. Just to our west, and again to our ...

If one considers just some of the events of the past week or two: an attempted assassination of a former present who's campaigning to r...

The good news is I wasn’t in the midst of yard chores, or standing in a river waving a stick, when the down pour let loose. A few rumbles of...

According to a couple of sources, we may, or may not, get an isolated thunderstorm this afternoon. As I thought about it, if the forecast sa...

A dozen years ago, the back yard pear tree was in bloom on Tax Day. Not this year. Plus, last year the blossoms were more abundant than the ...

Today is the first day of the last week of March, 2024. The full moon (Ojibwe: Snow Crust Moon; Lakota: Snow Blindness Moon) occurred at 2:...

I know. It seems as though I keep going on about the weather, but let me provide a clear context. Winter season is officially over. It is no...

Late last night, early this morning, a golden crescent moon rose behind the bare branches of the neighbor’s trees. It was one of the prettie...

Trust me, I’m NOT complaining about the lack of snow, but it does leave the back yard and the countryside looking shopworn. Another day of c...

This winter, or lack thereof until recently, has been unusual compared to the historical record in the North Country, but could well be a ve...

I have read that the ancients only recognized two seasons, summer and winter. This year Minnesota’s weather makes me think we should return...

 Yesterday we began an exploration of shifting baselines and some questions surrounding what’s normal. This morning my email inbox provided ...

Most of last night’s rain passed us by. We won’t know until about this time tomorrow if tonight’s weather will be a repeat. We get along nic...

This afternoon a pileated woodpecker visited what’s left of the suet. [Note to self: get more suet soon.] It was the first visit of the seas...

Spend too much (any?) time on social media or scanning the home pages of newspapers these days and you may well end up looking like poor Mr....