Friday 25 June 2021
National Pollinator Protection Week 2021 was June 21-27. Roseville, where I live, adopted a Pollinator Friendly Community resolution in 2017 with actions for both city and residents. Bee nest boxes…
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Are you ready for something like “upcycled food”? I hope that the concept at least makes you curious to learn more. I was surprised and delighted to read an article…
Read PostFriday 30 April 2021
Drink Coffee and Do Good. A sign near our kitchen coffee pot has these words on it. I try to do both. If you are like me, you really need…
Read PostSaturday 27 March 2021
I participated during Lent this year in weekly Lectio Divina sessions through Wisdom Ways in St. Paul. The readings used were from the Gospel of Thomas and the experience a…
Read PostWednesday 03 March 2021
If you don’t know much now, you perhaps will soon. Kernza® perennial grain is a new strain of intermediate wheatgrass and is the first perennial grain to be commercialized in…
Read PostSaturday 30 January 2021
Because Valentine’s Day arrives in mid-February and is such a consumer-oriented celebration of cards, candy, flowers, and gifts, we think about this as a month all about love. Besides that,…
Read PostSunday 27 December 2020
If you were around children and youth during the holiday season or even during the last few months as schools were doing online and hybrid learning, those young folks were…
Read PostSunday 29 November 2020
Reading the newspaper, watching television news, and pondering the weeks ahead as Christmas approaches, has me thinking about “P” words. Pandemic First and foremost is the pandemic which is…
Read PostSunday 01 November 2020
As we await a most turbulent election—and what is bound to be its aftermath—it’s hard to think about gratitude and being thankful, which should be our mindset during November. It…
Read PostWednesday 14 October 2020
Were you as delighted as I was to learn that the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the World Food Program? It was wonderful to know that people recognize the…
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