My Minnesota

Today I’m (re)posting the story below because, as much  as I dislike MAGAts, I keep wondering who is benefitting from our being at each othe...

It seems to me that Dee Davis’ (publisher of the Daily Yonder and president of the Center for Rural Strategies). review of White Rural Rag ...

Many (most?) of our feathered neighbors become “snow birds” and migrate south during ice and snow season, only to return “home” with spring ...

There’s an article in MinnPost that has me more confused than usual: Greater Minnesota cities seek funding for EMS delivery, infrastructure ...

Many, many years ago I encountered the quote : “Demography is destiny,” probably in a college sociology course. This morning, and in other r...

The sky is bright blue and cloudless from where I sit. Warm sunshine contributes to above seasonal temperatures. Almost all of the snow from...

We’ve reached the time when even the oak leaves are changing color. For the first time this season, snow showers have appeared in the extend...

 As I was rereading the first chapter of Joy Harjo’s Catching the Light this morning, my day was brightened by  this paragraph: The traditi...

I remember when I was a kid, we weren’t the first family on our block to have a tv. I watched Howdy Doody and similar programs at a neighbor...

I know it won’t be easy, but I’m determined to put more energy every day into accomplishing something good than I do into bitching about wha...

This morning I drove through the countryside to pick up our weekly CSA share. This week we get: Arugula Brentwood Lettuce Chives Broccoli Ra...

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...

 Friday of the coming week is April Fool’s Day. There is no truth to the rumor that it was named after those who believe this time of year i...

In the midst of the first full day of spring in the northern hemisphere in 2022, local skies are overcast. We may, or may not, reach or exce...