Of all the Minnesota places you've told me about, I did not know of your professorship at Mankato State. Thanks for promoting it before I left town too early.

As tempting as it sounds, I'm not going to make that kind of lemonade.

Cows are great, but being able to chew food is even greater.

Considering all the places I've bushwhacked, I think I might be one of the 40% of the population who is immune to poison ivy. My brother, on the other hand, once fell into a batch of them and was squirting liquid from blisters within a few hours.

Iceland, Nerstrand Woods . . . same thing.

Jeff, they might be edible in some sense, but I'd never really eat one.

I assume you're joking, but if not, see the gigantic field of endangered cattails in today's post.

I don't think you know what you're missing out on with those marshmallowy charms.

The hero might be more feeble than he appears.

Not ketchup. Only bloody blood in this journal. Like the bloody blood I remember seeing in one of your journals.

You can be sure I'll use that technique at some point in my journal.

Yes, poor Son of Bing Bong. He was no match for that big metallic bull.

Hey, I just went to a new dental hygienist yesterday and she was amazing. She’s been doing it for 40 years and does an amazing job! She also had some great stories. Glad to hear you are taking care of your teeth.

I really like this style of architecture - it's really characterful. As an outsider, it looks so distinctively American to me, it's just what I'd always imagined towns in the Midwest to look like.

I. So sorry for your loss but you did the right thing not letting him suffer any longer. What a great tribute to him!