Not sure where Widow's Bay is going, but I'm definitely along for the ride.

What a sweet story: www.startribune.com/hennepin-cou...

There were some interesting ideas in the 1980s about what would make a fun card game.

Border collies when there's no sheep to herd..🐕🐾😅

Rainy day

Yup.

Drivers in Cabo San Lucas could teach drivers in MN a whole lot about zipper merges.

"Why should the emotional life become more lucid and fathomable just because we grow older? Those further years might just provide new grounds and subjects for fucking us up. I've never believed in the serenity of the old." Julian Barnes, Departure(s)

In today's episode of "Tourists Gonna Tourist": Camels!

Cheers to Artemis!

Tourists gonna tourist

Breakfast buddy

Almost there

happy to be of service. for just $8.99 you can preorder my book about the US government’s centuries-long effort to remove Indigenous children from their homes and communities. it comes out in august, and I will guarantee that you’ll learn something, even though it’s for middle schoolers.

Man it sure would be a pity if people flooded J.K. Rowling's hate fund with fake applications, I hope no one does that. jkrwf.org/check-eligib...

It used to be that I'd get a Covid booster and think about the wonders of science and medicine. Now I get it and think, Suck it, brain-worm guy.

Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. We decided to illustrate it.

Easter dinner has arrived.

I love this book cover.

Joan Baez. Damn.

Perfect bumper sticker for today

Please, I am begging people: never again repeat the claim that only two people were killed in the occupation of Minnesota.

New bookmark

Coffee will not be enough today. I need to chew on a power cord.

Daisy says, I like this weather.

Years ago, I joined a writing group with three other women in an online poetry class. We finally met in person this week as one has some gorgeous weavings at Hudson's Phipps Gallery. I'm the youngest of this group, and I was long ago named "Baby Crone" by the others. I wear that name with pride.

This is hilarious. www.nbclosangeles.com/entertainmen...

Ready for snowmageddon.

When St. Patrick's Day is near, and a huge snowstorm will arrive before then, nearly every shopping cart at the grocery store contains corned beef packages, cabbage, and potatoes.

Guess which side of the street gets lots of direct sunlight and which doesn't get any.

Feels to me like whoever runs on "I am going to put into prison every single person currently in power in government, business, or law enforcement" has a decent chance at 500 electoral votes.

The 3 genders

Shame on you, NBC4 washington.

After countless hours this winter and more than 9,000 pieces. We have achieved Lego Titanic.

Starting the week with this fine brew from Minocqua Brewing:

So much ICE out there today in South Minneapolis. They’re prowling around harassing schools. Stay frosty, friends

If you're researching queer history in England, farm records might be one of the last places you'd check. Yet for #LGBTQHistoryMonth, @timjerrome.bsky.social shares how he's tracing queer histories within our farm archives, and gives tips for future research. merl.reading.ac.uk/news-and-vie...

Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got

I enjoyed this so much! I can read all the entries through 1300 without difficulty (I still read Chaucer for pleasure), can parse 1200 with some effort, and after that it’s picking out stray words and phrases.

Well, heck, here's a distraction from {all this}: The Rea family wedding photo from December, when our wonderful son married a wonderful woman and we all showed up looking our best.

If I wrote a novel set in MN during Jan/Feb, and the primary plot point was the occupation of the state by ICE agents, and I included tons of descriptions of frozen water and how dangerous the roads/sidewalks are, I suspect some editor would (rightfully) smack me upside the head for being obvious.

So good

Minnesota Reformer reports from Worthington: "You can feel it, the sadness from town. There’s no people walking around." minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/13/n...

The list of signatories shows how it’s not just Minneapolis or Saint Paul suffering under this occupation. It’s the entire state!

Could not agree more with @racketmn.com take on Klobuchar for governor. racketmn.com/amy-klobucha...

Farmers from up north of Duluth sent two pickup trucks full of eggs and meat and food to us for mutual aid distribution. I cried. People are so good.

"Your pets may not necessarily love it when you kiss and hug them" Yeah well I may not necessarily love picking up poop so I guess we're all gonna have to make some sacrifices.

My Super Bowl Sunday entertainment