Duluth — I spent a hot day in the sun transplanting tomatoes in my rooftop garden plot. I thought it would be fun to plant a variety of tomatoes this Spring (with short maturing dates - this being NE Minnesota). I have friends further south with tomatoes that volunteer from season to season. Seeds left on the ground from last year’s spoilage plant themselves each Spring. My friends do nothing more than pi...
Duluth — True! we still have flows of ice floating off shore. True! Yesterday as I worked in the garden I experienced 46° while my friends who live further from the Lake enjoyed 86°. Tonight, however, at 2:00 ...
Duluth — I donned full winter layers and braved 19° F. temperatures to witness the Cornelia glide under the Aerial Lift Bridge. Consider this cautionary tale the Cornelia brings to mind, fellows, if you think...
Duluth — Not much remains this year of the once huge annual smelt run at this end of Lake Superior. For years these 4 to 9 inch invaders caused a big sensation each spring. Some years residents on Minnesota Po...
A small tree adorned with Christmas lights on the north shore by Lake Superior in Minnesota, February 2016.
A surreptitious pee?
Ah, tomatoes!
From 'Walleye Wars' to 'Taconite Troubles' and 'Copper Quarrels'
Truly we've broken the back of Winter at the western end of Lake Superior.
Copper, nickel, platinum, silver and titanium: Another Faustian bargain with the Devil for the wild beauty and health of Minnesota?
No porta-potties this year; a sign we have renounced our foolishness and nature has healed?