Been up since 4am, had to milk the cows before I fed the sheep and chickens, weeded the carrots and moss rose, put medicine on the dog’s foot, let the orphaned...
Category: THIS WORLD Tags: "Hide and Seek, "Regime Change", "The Kayak Lady: One Woman One Kayak and 1007 Lakes, "Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China", Aldi's, Countryside Creamery Pure Irish Butter, FOREST HILL CEMETERY, INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Jonathan Swan, Jung Chang, Koochiching County Recorders Office, Maggie Haberman, Mary Shideler, Minnesota, Northome, Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, Soren Sveistrup
This summer vacation my friend Celia came to visit my Minnesota visit. We played: talking arguing teasing touristing eating. What a nice time it was. Here’s an album to prove it....
There is an old hymn/country song called “This Old House” by Stuart Hamblen? A few lines may jog old-old people’s memories. “Ain’t gonna need this house no longer/Ain’t gonna need this...
Category: THIS WORLD Tags: BOB DYLAN, Minnesota, old homes, This Old House by Stuart Hamblin
Growing up, we didn’t refer to the tree-filled acres around our house as the forest. We called it the woods. So even though forests blanket other places and regions, to me...
Category: THIS WORLD Tags: Delta airlines, Family, Minnesota, Mississippi River, Travel
Just a few days ago I was writing about the Norway and the Nesets of olden times…and then some of the descendants appeared on my doorstep! Anne Hilde Neset, her daughter...
Category: THIS WORLD Tags: Minnesota, Neset family, Norway, pleasure of visitors
Once in a while, I feel in need of a political diatribe. First thing up in the morning, I prod my ancient limbs into movement, check with my brain to ensure...
Category: THIS WORLD Tags: Amman, Beirut, BOB DYLAN, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Only a Pawn in Their Game, PALESTINE, The Guardian, Zionist settlements
April 2026. I am most content with life when regularly writing about its past, present and future. Yet, for three months now, words have failed me; the page or screen before...
Category: THIS WORLD Tags: American Revolution, blogging, Civil War, KEN BURNS
Just when I vow to step back, take a deep breath, for a few hours view politics from afar, knowing (and not exactly forgetting) the horrors of so many lives: the...
Category: THIS WORLD Tags: MAGA and Republican Goons, Minnesota, POLITICS, WALLEYE
And the last things I plan to say or show about that benighted year follows…and it’s almost all pictures. Holidays with family. Period. I’ve already talked about Thanksgiving in Austin and...
Category: THIS WORLD Tags: Christmas in Albuquerque, COUSINS, Thanksgiving in Austin
Be gone with you 2025. You oversaw the inauguration of a fascist clown—bad idea. And allowed him to harass the entire planet all year long. You should be ashamed. Not only...
Category: THIS WORLD Tags: bad trump and minions, Family, friends visit, Mamdani, No Kings march, Pieces of Me, The Dark Valley, The Kayak Lady, YouTube music
A link to my book,Window Seat, The Story of a Traveling LifeTIME AND PLACE