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Minnesota

  • Vacations

    Last week I spent five days on the North Shore of Lake Superior with most of my family, a vacation I had been looking forward to for a long time. It was a time to fish, hike, and just hang out on the rocks right in front of our rented vacation home. Vacationing on the… Read more

  • THURSDAY THOUGHTS: Minnesota Proud

    February has arrived in the North Country. The inevitable Arctic temperatures of January should be behind us for the most part now. I wish I could say the same for ICE. They are still here, after all—though supposedly in fewer and less visible numbers. But the damage to Democracy has been done. The America that… Read more

  • THROWBACK THURSDAY: Poetry Review: “A Blessing” by James Wright

    Throwback Thursdays” at ClimbingSky feature posts I wrote over a 15 year period for various blogs. This was first posted on July 18, 2011. In the North Country, it is high summer. The heat and humidity weigh upon us and we live indoors as much as possible… just like we do in January. Again, we… Read more

  • “Jitter in a Cup”

    “I don’t even glance at the herbal teas, I go straight for the real, vile coffee. Jitter in a cup. It cheers me up to know I’ll soon be so tense.” — Margaret Atwood Read more

  • Minnesota Town Ball

    Last summer, as I rediscovered my love and passion for baseball, I also rediscovered Minnesota Town Ball. Minnesota, my home now for almost 40 years, is the state with the most community-centered amateur baseball teams (called Town Ball teams). It is also the state with the most community bands. When I first started dating my… Read more