My Minnesota

Summer's midpoint is about a month away, on August 7, unless, like many of the Celts, we recognize only two seasons, in which case Summe...

The world that is being created around us is less and less one that I want to support or participate in. I won’t be presumptuous enough to c...

We are currently in the Red Zone of an Air Quality Alert. The Alert continues through 6 am Friday. This, and conditions like it, make me fus...

 N. Scott Momaday has a new book that will be released or published on Tuesday, May 3: Dream Drawings, Configurations of a Timeless Kind . I...

Each  of the four sections below has been taken from today’s US version of The Guardian. See if  you can connect the dots embedded in each s...

Today is the first full day of autumn 2021. I’m working hard at adjusting my attitude from being resentful of having autumn chores to do to ...

Welcome to autumn, meteorologically speaking. As far back as I can remember it’s been my favorite season, despite summer’s freedoms being re...

This afternoon we enjoyed a very pleasant surprise. After spending time during  the past couple of weeks wondering why we hadn't seen an...

The executive branch of Minnesota's government has approved an amended permit allowing massive water withdrawals to support the construc...

I recently had a birthday. My son gave me a book, Wild River, Poetry and Prose by Warren Winders. I had asked for it based on a review in t...

Today is Native American Heritage Day . In lieu of a normal posting, we ask that you follow the link below and read Sara Sinclair's enti...

On this Memorial Day, we remember with gratitude the lives and sacrifices made by our predecessors so that a bigoted mad man, and his allies...

After participating in my first online book club meeting, I've come away with a mixed reaction. I found/find the technology (Zoom) distr...