Came across this article when reading 1440. Excellent news for my coffee habit. I may have to reduce to get down to the 5 cups a day, but, hey, what’s a little sacrifice? (I know, I know, I’m not kidding anyone. I’ll keep drinking coffee by the quart. If some is good, more is better,… [read more…]

Went to Emmaville for breakfast this morning. Its about a 40 minute drive, but there are many breakfast places around Itasca State Park. I enjoy going out for breakfast, probably more than any other meal. But I don’t get pancakes. I’m more of an eggs and meat guy. The place we went to, called Emmaville… [read more…]

We had a hawk in our backyard this morning. Just sitting on the fence, chillin’. There was a squirrel on the ground snuffling for whatever it could find to eat. Neither the hawk nor the squirrel seemed concerned or interested in the other. They got within 5 feet of each other. The clicking you hear… [read more…]

The fires up north have been bad the last few days. Northern Minnesota, specifically in the Arrowhead, has been hit pretty hard. We live about 4 hours south of the fires and the smoke showed up a few days ago. Haziness and the smell of burning tires or plastic–which is weird because, for the most… [read more…]