Cemeteries

For as long as I can remember, I've had a sort of macabre fascination with cemeteries.  And the older the cemetery the better.   I wonder what the lives were like for these people who lived here so long ago. Whenever I travel, if I happen to pass by a cemetery,  I have to stop …

Quarry Park

On my last day in Minnesota, my sister and I took a walk through Quarry Park in St. Cloud.  What a wonderful place it was to walk through (our bike, ski or snowshoe). It was developed from an old granite quarry.  I wish I'd had more time . . . I would have liked to …

Minnesota Birds

The loon is the Minnesota state bird and the Canadian national bird.  When I was growing up in northern Minnesota I used to love to listen to its mournful call.  So I was happy to see several loons on a lake near my mom's house. Loons are agile divers and can stay under water for …