My Minnesota

The weather is beautiful today, blue skies, not much wind. Nevertheless, I have no intention of clearing leaves from the driveway again, bec...

This year, and a few preceding it, remind me of the opening of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities . It was the best of times, it was the ...

The other day I mentioned the abundance of mushrooms that have recently erupted in our woods. The Better Half and I haven’t yet collaborated...

The last place I lived in Massachusetts, I could launch my boat and be fishing the Atlantic ocean or I could drive about 20 miles inland and...

"I wonder if waves get discouraged" Photo by J. Harrington This morning I discovered at least one wonderful, to me at least, re...

Some begin a new year with the Winter Solstice; others wait until January 1. Jewish new year is sometime in September we think; and Chinese ...

 We've been fussing and fuming about the recent extended snow showers. They are anomalous for this time of year. We're close to and ...

Sorry, no hearts and flowers today. This Valentine's Day it seems particularly appropriate to share Carl Sagan's iconic Pale Blue Do...

The lines below are as much in the spirit of the season as anything I've ever seen. Merry Christmas! away in a manger, no crib fo...

After Lewis Carroll's  Alice's Adventures In Wonderland was published, he wrote a "sequel," Through the Looking Glass . A...

While we were headed to Minneapolis this morning, a thought occurred to me that I intend to play with a little bit here over the next day or...

Today's will be a very short posting. We're tired. This morning we basically finished removing buckthorn from all but a small, clump...

Yesterday, as we were headed off to retrieve our tractor from the Daughter Person and Son-In-Law, we noticed an new and different "lump...

On the trees and covering the fields, last night's snowfall was beautiful. Although each flake is unique (think about that for a moment)...

Today's snowfall may set Minnesota's record for snowiest February in the record books. Lots of folks seem excited about that but, pe...

We initially had a different theme in mind for today's posting, until we read a certain poem this morning. Would that we had read it man...

Our Irish-Celtic roots are tugging at us today. We wish all of you a Happy Winter Solstice  [Alban Arthan] and a new year full of warmth and...