My Minnesota

Almost a decade ago we re-sided and re-shinglled the house. We also had some bracing added to the roof, to be sure it would hold a "min...

It’s almost the end of March. Although it’s sunny, the outside temperature is about half of the normal high for this time of year, after one...

As I hope you know, April is National Poetry Month. I do not now, and were I to live forever would never, have enough time to discover and r...

 Tomorrow begins National Poetry Month for 2022. In the St. Croix Valley, much of the celebration will focus on the National Endowment for t...

"I wonder if waves get discouraged" Photo by J. Harrington This morning I discovered at least one wonderful, to me at least, re...

Mother Nature has a twisted sense of humor. Early this morning the local temperature dropped to 16℉. That must have been her idea of an Apri...

I am excited, delighted, and thrilled to be published in such company as Gary Paul Nabhan. One of his books sits on our shelves. I  thank th...

Not with bated breath, but somewhat pensively, we await the forecast storm's arrivals. Recent reports vary from 5" to 15" or 4...

Thomas Stearns Eliot may not have provided us with an accurate insight when he wrote the opening lines of The Waste Land :   April is th...

[UPDATE on Tuesday, 2/12: See, it's not just us -- Verified account So far today the 3.6" since midnight sets a new daily re...

We initially had a different theme in mind for today's posting, until we read a certain poem this morning. Would that we had read it man...