I'm at a cabin on the St. Croix River. A little while ago, a cop at the landing across the river got on a loudspeaker and addressed a fugitive who he believed to be within earshot. He urged them to surrender and informed them a K-9 unit *would* find them.

Goodness.

When I was in college ca. the turn of the millennium, I stumbled into a project scanning in Jane Goodall's slide collection. I handled the page of her notebook where she first wrote of observing chimp tool use. She visited once and I got to say a brief hello. It remains a highlight of my life.

Saddened by news that Jane Goodall had died at the age of 91. She was truly an inspirational leader.

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

See any trout? Me neither.

And we shall fight them on the elevators and we shall fight them on the escalators, we shall fight them on the stairs and to the farthest reaches of the moving sidewalk.

The Stillwater bridge sure catches the evening light in a lovely way.

Hey, are you pregnant? Do you have a fever or any pain? Let's get you some ice cream, pillows, heating pads, Tylenol, Patrick Swayze movies, Canadian residency, anything you like.

Beaver Bay https://collections.artsmia.org/art/17464/

Farm Aid was fantastic. Music beyond measure, strength in solidarity, a friendly crowd with plenty of farmers. I guess what I'm saying is the vibes were immaculate.

Author (that's me) hopes ‘deep map’ of the St. Croix River watershed will inspire others www.twincities.com/2025/09/14/s...

Author (that's me) hopes ‘deep map’ of the St. Croix River watershed will inspire others www.twincities.com/2025/09/14/s...

Summer fading to fall on the upper St. Croix River.

Charlie Kirk was murdered in daytime in front of witnesses and cameras while Melissa Hortman and her husband were assassinated alone in the dark of night, and thus Kirk's death is a bigger story for the worst news outlets in human history.

It's weird how the president and his goons are going after the one Black woman on the fed board. What are the chances.

Osceola Sun: Seitz begins 'deep map' project of St. Croix Watershed.

Warblers are on the move here in Minnesota. A great time to be out #birding. #birds #warblers #migration

Osceola Sun: Seitz begins 'deep map' project of St. Croix Watershed.

Outman is just a great baseball name because it's good if he's fielding and bad when he's batting.

Took my boy to see American lotus flowers on the only lake around here where they grow. A little past their prime but still beautiful.

By me: the appeals court has overturned the dubious conviction of Mylene Vialard, a nonviolent climate activist trying to halt construction of a fossil-fuel pipeline through Indigenous territory in Minnesota, on the grounds of pervasive prosecutorial misconduct. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In the deep woods a half mile from my house, a bear was doing bear things. I can smell this photo and it's bad.

Why is email

Brooks Lee. Like if you agree 👍

We did not need the humidity.

A sweaty afternoon hike through humid air with grasshoppers parting before me like water in front of a ship.

Brendan has been a longtime internet friend and I'm heartbroken to hear he's facing cancer. Follow him because he's cool and show him some love because he deserves it.

Pohlads should at least pay for all Twins fans to go to therapy.

Friend caught a smallmouth bass and it coughed up a baby green heron. #fishpuke @kgladefishsci.bsky.social

Bogs are glorious. Squishy sphagnum moss sometimes makes it possible to walk on water. So many plants species to see. Lost worlds where people rarely tread and the wildlife still rule.

Went to the annual Wild Rice Powwow in Danbury, Wis. today. New arena at a place where such ceremonies have been happening for hundreds of years if not longer.

You: "How's your book coming?" Me: "First of all, what even is a book, when you stop and think about it?"

CURRENT STATUS of traditional graffiti on Soo Line rail bridge over Highway 63 between Spooner and Hayward in Washburn County, Wis.: "SPOONER BLOWS" is partially obliterated to read "SPOONER ___WS." The other side of the bridge reads: "HAYWARD SUCKS (Spooner class of 2025)."

About to spend some time on the Namekagon River with biologists who are surveying the whole river for its native mussels.

Hit send on my newsletter and the noon siren in town immediately sounded, felt pretty great to be honest.

Possibly just watched a ruby -throated hummingbird chase a swallowtail butterfly away from lily flowers. Had not considered that aspect of competition before. Things are getting a little urgent out here.

They were not a great team but they were mostly great players. I will miss the Minnesota Twins.

Went for a paddle, came back, grabbed my bag out of the bottom of the canoe and discovered I'd had a garter snake along for the ride. Probably good I didn't learn this in the middle of the river.

I've been trapped at my writing residency without power since last night by two trees down across the driveway. Finally liberated to discover that Marine on St. Croix looks like a war zone, parts of the village just covered in windblown trees. Devastating damage. Wow.

Took the dog for a canoe ride. #pineneedles

I'm spending two weeks living and writing on the edge of the St. Croix River and here is my report on the first couple days www.stcroix360.com/2025/07/pine...

The Twins had a three-run lead over the Dodgers three times last night and LA tied it up twice: 3-0, 6-3, and the final score, 10-7.

We rained the need.

Like the whole of Manifest Destiny in one page of a budget report from Congress in 1859: producing weapons, doing surveys, waging war on Indigenous inhabitants, rinse and repeat.

Tuned in to the Twins-Dodgers game feeling like I would be watching an execution. Said to myself it would great to just see Buck get a homer off Ohtani. He does it on the second pitch of the game.

On canoeing the St. Croix River under a full moon.

On canoeing the St. Croix River under a full moon.

Got some help with the finishing touches on the show. OPENING TONIGHT 6:30-8:30pm at the Phipps Center for the Arts ON VIEW through Sept 7.

Folk art cart is in full swing now thru the weekend. On the corner of 6th street and broadway in Marine on Saint Croix. 20% will go to Wildlife rehab in Roseville #art