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...

Last night, for the first time in months, we had chili for dinner. It helped ease the dank and dreary weather we’ve been having and the even...

The sound of water dripping down the downspout brightened a gray day today and helped take the edge off this morning's slickery roads. T...

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...

There are days, sometimes days on end, when it’s difficult to accept the first sentence of the last stanza of Max Ehrmann’s Desiderata : “ A...

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...

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

Once upon a time, when I was much younger and more naive, I was also less cynical. Somewhere along the way, I learned an old saying about po...

As you know (we hope), tomorrow is Earth Day 2021. Minnesota's most recent environmental score card leaves a lot to be desired. (We...

As this is being typed, we have a boule of artisan sourdough kerns bread beginning to bake. Soon the house will begin to smell wonderful. La...

For those of you who may have thought that 2020 was a real shit-show, have you noticed that, so far,  2021's response has been "Hol...

If we remember our gospel story , the Wise Men bringing gifts arrived something like two weeks after Christmas. Yet our contemporary celebra...

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...

[UPDATE: Back to the Future? 1968, Chicago, Democratic Nation Convention ] As governance continues to deteriorate, while the #FakePresident,...