On April Fool’s Day the Ely Chamber made this announcement. ELY, MINNESOTA – April 1, 2010 – Ely, Minn announces today it has, in conjunction with the Forest Service, signed a multi-year deal for naming rights to the legendary Boundary …
They say you can’t really love two men at the same time but I don’t agree. I love another man and Mike is ok with it because it happened before I even met Mike. Mike knows the full story …
This morning I woke up to 5-10 inches of new snow on the ground. Of course I had already put my shovel away for the year and my scraper for the car so getting the kids out to the …
It’s been another one of those mornings where I can’t seem to get focused. I’ll blame it on the cycle of the moon since I can’t come up with any other reason for my lack of focus. It started just …
In my post called Weather Woes I expressed my concern over the current fire conditions. WTIP, our local radio station, gave this report yesterday. Submitted by wtip on Mon, 03/29/2010 – 1:47pm The Minnesota Department of Natural …
Thanks to the warm weather we’re already getting phone calls from people asking this popular spring question. I’m not exactly sure why people are so curious to know since it isn’t as if they are going to come up any time soon …
If it isn’t the snow it’s the lack of it or the heat or the cold or any number of ways we as Minnesotans talk and whine about the weather. I love warm sunny days and clear …
There is a special beauty in the brown of spring on the Gunflint Trail. It isn’t even difficult to see as long as you are taking the time to look. It surrounds us as we walk through the woods …
It’s more like a nightmare when the temperature drops down to the single digits after we’ve had gorgeous spring like weather for a few weeks. I knew better than to pack away the hats, mittens and heavy jackets but …
After a brief discussion with my children I determined I have been walking like the witch in Snow White not the one from Sleeping Beauty. Thinking about the witch I realized I have more things in common with her than I once thought. As I …