My Minnesota

I voted on Friday, October 16; participated in the local No Kings - Vote Early rally on Saturday; and today reached the limit of letting MAG...

Tomorrow is Indigenous Peoples Day. Depending on where you are, it may, or may not, be celebrated as such. I don't think there's mai...

Leaf color is increasing in patches and splotches. (I should spend more time just sitting and watching the leaves change color.) Conifer nee...

For quite a few years now, we've planted half a dozen chrysanthemums along the northern edge of the driveway. This year, for the first t...

If you're looking forward to spending a $5,000 check from the White House on this year's Christmas presents, you might want to reco...

Labor Day, the unofficial end of Summer, is two weeks away. The Autumn Equinox officially ends Summer in the northern hemisphere exactly one...

In our northern hemisphere, this coming Saturday, August 1,  Lughnasadh  is celebrated among the Celts and Irish Gaelic. Locally, row crop h...

One week from today, March 1, is the start of meteorological Spring. Astronomical Spring follows about three weeks later. Then, here in the ...

The local leaves are just about at peak color, sliding past peak any day now as the colors drift down with the leaves. It sure is pretty aro...

I grew up with a story of America as a “ melting pot ,” which I incorrectly pictured as a stew pot in which the carrots and corn kernels and...

Please find me in contempt of the Roberts’ SCOTUS. Also, dismayed by POTUS performance at the recent “debate.” Disgusted that our political ...

I recently received an email asking me to split a political contribution between a US Senator running for reelection in his state, and a mem...

Next November 5 has the possibility of telling the world a lot about the character of the American people. Barring the unforeseen, a growing...

The Minnesota legislative session is almost over for the year. By the time we’ve figured out what they’ve done to us, they’ll be back at it ...

I admit that I don’t remember the 1964 political conventions and presidential campaigns very clearly, but a quick search on the internet giv...

Stone Walls do not a Prison make,  Nor Iron bars a Cage; school? prison? other? Photo by J. Harrington Unless the Minnesota legislature l...