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HUNTERS, GATHERERS, CONSUMERS IN THE HOLOCENE

HUNTERS, GATHERERS, CONSUMERS IN THE HOLOCENE

April 24, 2022

HUNTERS, GATHERERS, CONSUMERS IN THE HOLOCENEI like shopping at fancy grocery stores when I get the chance.It is fun to have a bountiful selection and be able to splurge on occasion on items we feel are a luxury.I justify this by not doing it on a weekly basis but perhaps once every few months when …

ARTISANAL CRAFTS CREATE NEW ECONOMIES IN A SMALL MIDWESTERN COMMUNITY.

ARTISANAL CRAFTS CREATE NEW ECONOMIES IN A SMALL MIDWESTERN COMMUNITY.

September 3, 2021

They came from Guatemala six years ago and have quietly filled the neighborhoods of this small town. They sought out this community because of a need for manual labor in the meat processing markets of the midwest. Worthington is a town that has numerous small starter homes because it has always been a town of …

June 23, 2021
Look what I found! Luverne, MN is the best kept secret in the midwest.

Look what I found! Luverne, MN is the best kept secret in the midwest.

Luverne, Minnesota is the best kept secret in the midwest. With the tri-state band festival, Blue Mounds State Park, and more this is a great place to visit.

June 15, 2021
AS SIMPLE AS A SIDEWALK-GEOLOGY REVEALED

AS SIMPLE AS A SIDEWALK-GEOLOGY REVEALED

SIMPLE AS A SIDEWALK The first two courses of cut stone appear to come from stone quarries near Cold Springs, MN. The stone matches the grave markers that can be found in cemeteries in Maui. The trade name is Black Diamond Granite. Sailing ships from New England needed ballast to hold their vessels upright as …

April 30, 2021
Beyond The Bayou

Beyond The Bayou

We intentionally miss New Orleans, we swing off the heavily beaten path and head to bayou country. Little did we know we were headed to where alligator shows are filmed and have become the rage. A simple stop at a grocery store and a man named Charlie compliments us on our Sprinter Van Conversion RV …

March 16, 2021
Fred Manfred-Siouxland

Fred Manfred-Siouxland

Fredrick Manfred-Siouxland-My Friend He was a man that loomed large on the landscape. I was nearly a remedial reader when I first got to know him, he meant a great deal to myself and my family. Early recollections was my Uncle Mike (an archeologist/American Resources Group) and Fred Manfred would meet at Eagle Rock and …

February 23, 2021
SPRINGWATER-GOD’S SWEET MERCY

SPRINGWATER-GOD’S SWEET MERCY

I grew up in a small town in South Western Minnesota. I knew the out-of-doors, I knew the bounty of crops, birds, rivers, streams, beaver, muskrat, snapping turtles, river bottoms and sand pits. Throughout those years I utilized the spring water that flowed out of the earth like a gift from God. It was from …

February 13, 2021
Butt Naked In the Wilderness

Butt Naked In the Wilderness

I live in a weird and decadent culture. (For those friends abroad) I live in the U.S.A. Tonight I watched a TV show that is called something like “Survival-Butt Naked in the Wilderness”. It is meant to titillate the viewers into watching Americans naked in the woods and jungles. Butts, breasts and crotches blurred out, …

December 12, 2020
BIG GAME & HUMANITY

BIG GAME & HUMANITY

BIG GAME & HUMANITY We have always been hunters. We hunted the Savannah’s of Africa. We hunted the Fertile Crescent. After a few million years we decided to plant some shatter grains (Einhorn wheat) The origination of this wheat was very close to a place called Golbekli Tepe. Golbekli Tepi is the site of mankind’s …

December 1, 2020
The development of friendships

The development of friendships

Photo credit Todd Mejia The small town in which I reside was all a’twitter. The United States National Windsurfing Championships was being held in our town. At the beginning of the event was the National Anthem and Lt. Col’s from the Navy and the Army flew in, from various points around the U.S. to raise …

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