Posts Tagged ‘Frontenac’
The moments I may have missed
October has been a full month. Friends have been ailing. My loved ones have had health scares. I’ve been busy at work. I’ve been busy at home, too, as Esteban and I have begun preparing our home for sale. But through it all I’ve tried to pause for a few minutes of stillness and reflection […]
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Tags: fall in Minnesota, Frontenac, Halloween, Minnesota, Pam, squirrels
Mushroom porn
I’ve been looking forward to today since February. That’s when my friend Pam and I set the date for our annual morel mushroom hunt. “Is this our third year, or our fourth?” I asked Pam today as we tromped through the woods. “I think it’s our third,” she replied from down the trail. And she’s […]
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Tags: attempted humor, Frontenac, humor, Minnesota, morel, morel mushrooms, mycology, Pam, postaday2011
One of my favorite things about living in Minnesota is the weather. Today, it’s cloudy and 51. Tomorrow will be sunny and 75 — or so we’ve been promised. Two weekends ago, it was in the 40s. And last week we almost hit 100. This time of year, it’s not at all implausible to wear […]
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Tags: climate change, Frontenac, Lake Pepin, Minnesota, Minnesota weather, morel mushrooms, morels, Old Frontenac, Pam, spring in Minnesota
