My Minnesota

It’s finally stopped raining long enough for me to do a second grass cutting of the season in the back yard. I was also going to mow our dit...

I’m not happy with the presumed choices in presidential candidates this election, but the odds are strongly against my vote going anywhere e...

In our neighborhood, today marks the start of a January thaw. The temperature has climbed above 32℉. It did that yesterday in The Cities (Mi...

 This morning I tumbled into a wonderful resource that I want to share. The essay,  Doorways to Our Childhood Selves , introduced me to the...

Thoughts while in the dentist chair this morning: It’s only a week until Imbolc , the Celtic end of winter [end of Celtic winter?] I need to...

Are you aware that the work "brook" has two very different meanings? They are a natural stream of water normally smaller than and ...

It's bread baking day, to go with the cassoulet we're having for dinner. I don't remember ever having cassoulet before. There...

This morning's blue, clear, sky held a rising sun in the East and a setting, full moon in the West. It felt almost as if the universe we...

I don't want to name names, but someone in this household is afraid of thunder. It makes her very nervous. She seeks security and reassu...

I think I've read Norman Maclean's A River Runs Through It at least a couple of times and watched the movie once or twice. An all-...

In my younger days, decades ago, I sometimes drove to Idaho in the Summer. At the time I had in-laws who Summered in Rexburg, ID. It took so...

When did the Minnesota legislature, or the Walz administration, put the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency [MnPCA] in charge of the Minnesot...

We spent parts of yesterday and today exploring the coulees in the area where we're staying. Last August, this region suffered inundati...

This year is the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and the designation of the Namekagon and St. Croix...

Sunshine today is bright, and warm enough to trigger snow melt even with below-freezing temperatures. It makes us think of both John Denver...