What a weekend! While the rest of the Northern Hemisphere responds to the siren song of summer by visiting beaches, lakes, and air-conditioned malls,...

We’re almost a month into summer around here and I’m ready to relax. Too bad there’s so much to do in July! Where are...

Kids today have such colorful colloquialisms, don’t they? Instead of describing an ill-conceived venture as wobbly, weak, lacking in coolness, or destined for the...

During my most recent trip to California, I had a chance to drop in on Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area in Los Angeles. The...

This past weekend, Sara, Mason, Ivy, and I met with my siblings and aunts in Ocean City, Maryland to celebrate my mother’s 60th birthday...

It’s hot out there, at least on my side of the Earth. Don’t let high temperatures keep you indoors! If you can brave the...

The irrepressible Greg Laden has served up a LOL Evolution editon of the Tangled Bank.

The Wingnut, Jim Williams, shares a short, simple, and potentially transformative birding tip on his StarTribune bird blog. How many of you have done...