My Minnesota

At least we’re not in a tent somewhere camping. Another rainy day in Minnesota is doing wonders for the plants and mosquitos but not so much...

With the unusually warm weather we’ve been enjoying, I started thinking about reconnecting the outside hoses and turning on the water supply...

I’ve checked two different, authoritative, sources, The Bible, and A People’s History of the United States , and each concurs quite a bit w...

Winter in Minnesota often makes me feel like a five or six year old stuck in the back seat of the family car on a too long drive to somewher...

I’ve grumped enough about seemingly endless cloudy skies that it would be irresponsible of me to fail to mention today’s blue skies and suns...

I bet at least once you’ve gone down a flight of stairs that had one more, or less, step than you expected. It threw you off balance for a b...

Here’s an early holiday present for those who celebrate Hanukkah, Solstice, Alban Arthan, Christmas, New Year’s, or anything else at this ti...

For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, Winter Solstice is three weeks from today. Druids celebrate it as Alban Arthan (The Light of Ar...

Here in Minnesota, today is “Give to the Max Day.” My email inbox and our snail mail box have been getting loaded with notices about how muc...

Briefly, very briefly, this morning’s sunrise was spectacular. Then the clouds finished closing in and the array of pinks and roses and tang...

Early this morning, the dogs and I saw a beautiful crescent moon almost cradling Venus in the predawn eastern sky. It was beautiful enough t...

So far we seem to have survived Halloween and the loss of Daylight Savings Time. Next comes election day on Tuesday, November 7, followed by...

This week I gave myself an early Christmas present. I bought a copy of Peter Kaminsky’s Fly Fisherman’s Guide to the Meaning of Life  and st...

THIS MAY BE MY LAST  POSTING HERE SINCE GOOGLE INSISTS ON TRACKING ME IF I  WANT  TO ADD A PHOTO. “DON’T BE EVIL" MY ASS!  If I can pos...

Snowblower’s gassed, oiled and ready to go. Several years ago I bought a new Husqvarna. I can’t recommend them but haven’t carefully checked...

Tomorrow has the makings of an interesting day, especially in Florida. I suspect I’ll be busy with some personal business and will only chec...