summer – Page 2 – One Minnesota Crone

JUNE AFTERNOONS AND SUMMER HIKING TRAILS

Now that warm days are here, what are you doing to slow down and notice all those things that say “summer”?

Labor Day Weekend 2023

I grew up in a union household. My father was a union member and civil servant, running the motor pool at Fort Snelling in Minnesota. He instilled in me the understanding that when people band together for the good of all, the results include reasonable hours of work, holidays, health insurance, a life outside ofContinue reading “Labor Day Weekend 2023”

August Languor

I love the word, “languor.” It’s indicative of everything I associate with late summer: the mood, the laziness, the inertia that always hits me about now, the desire to just lay around and do nothing. Or to meander around outside, listen, inhale, feel the calm of the overflowing garden, surprise a tiny bunny. August’s lullContinue reading “August Languor”