My Minnesota

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...

Another week, another month is winding down. Monday will be August 1,  Lughnasadh . Local farmers already have small grain harvests underway...

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...

My email inbox and social media feeds and snail mail contents are full of funding pleas supported by descriptions of impending disasters and...

The "wet spot" pond in the back yard is shrinking. Maples and poplars and some bushes are showing softer silhouettes as bud burst ...

Let's make a couple of points clear from the beginning. First, this blog posting should, in no way, be read or (mis)interpreted as suppo...

Before we answer the question, we have to update this week's  leaf color report . We still estimate local color to be less than 25%. Tha...

It's not often we find ourselves bouncing back and forth as much as recent stock market shifts. We're currently changing opinions da...

A house divided against itself, cannot stand. ~ A. Lincoln Remember the old saying about how "when you find yourself in a hole, the ...

Mining is clearly an international business that has contributed jobs to the economies and pollution to  the environment of Minnesota and se...

Back in the days before we became a recovering planner, we met a number of residents and officials of various units of local government, par...

Less than a decade ago, there was an organization called the Lake Superior Binational Forum ( Lake Superior Binational Forum Funding Has Bee...