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It’s no secret that winter walleye fishing in Sunset Country usually is best during the final hour of the day. We often call it the prime-time bite because we catch fish sporadically throughout the day and then gear up for a whack-fest just before dark. This usually leads to packing […]

By Melanie Mathieson The Gardening Guru Many houseplants can provide more than just good looks to your home as some also can provide health benefits. We all know that trees and plants use carbon dioxide to survive, which helps prevent global warming, but many of these same plants also have […]

I know you all think that all we farmers do is complain about the weather–and I’m not going to let you down! Oh, this weather. Warm, almost too warm, then definitely too much snow and now the cold! We certainly have had all the extremes. First of all, snow–there is […]

I haven’t written in this space for three months, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been thinking about it. Ninety days of “noggin notes” disguised as monkeys swinging from limb to limb. The ideas for this space dangle and sway in my brain and accumulate as loads of unfolded head […]

On Sunday night, from our cozy place on the lake, I imagined the lights and fluttering movement of town. Now that it’s the end of the holiday season, people will be busy with their back-to-work and school schedules. But for us here, it is quite different. It is utterly hushed […]

Have you ever wondered about those flocks of brown and white birds which you see along the roadsides? The ones which move away with flashes of white. Most people call them snowbirds, but the proper name is Snow Bunting (Plectrophenox nivalis). These buntings are sparrow-like birds which live mainly on […]

Growing up is an obligation of which I have been an unwilling participant. Despite gritting my teeth and clinging by my fingernails to the doorframe of my childhood, life marched on and dragged me along with it. I adored my childhood and it grows more perfect with every passing year. […]