Come with me and my Minnesota kids to a foreign land...down South. Where pop is soda or Coke, women are called Ma'am, and sentences don't end in prepositions. Want to come with?

The past few weeks we had -30 below zero temps. True Minnesotans live to talk about the weather more than any other topic around. We have become accustomed to those "few days or weeks" of bitter cold and we get out the gear and carry on.

While this is a story to entertain during  our typical weather, please keep those in Texas dealing with winter storms and power outages in your thoughts and prayers. There are many places that you can donate to if you are feeling like you need to help. Solid Rock just donated to The American Red Cross. It was painless and took about 30 seconds and 3 clicks of the mouse. Texas, we love you.

www.redcross.org/donate 

We didn't travel far to have a bunch of great vacation days. 

"The joy is in the journeying and not at the journey's end."..Dorothy Colgan

I am always amazed at what the wilderness can give to me. Learning to listen to my surroundings, I am able to listen to my heart.

A song from the MInnesota BWCA (Boundary Waters Canoe Area)

Susan McAuliffe Copyrighted 2006

Northern MInnesota is thick with brush, bramble and woods. Take a walk with me, my dad and my Uncle Frank 50 years ago. 

A lesson from my minivan.

Protests, violence, destruction....the past week in the USA

Looking back at personal safety class for Nurses and expectations of how my day should go