[spits] [closes laptop] "Son, you've got to know one thing. It's not just shoveling tweets and posts out here. You've got to know the difference between being a working man and a company man. They ain't the same. You'll see."
Cormorants. They're not pretty. They're not chill. Objectively, their nests produce some of the worst smells I've ever experienced. But they keep Mille Lacs clean, and we should help them. Despite the odors, one of my favorite columns of late:
I get it. The new Blatnik Bridge between Duluth & Superior will be expensive & mess up traffic for years. Some imagined a more futuristic or stone-built masterpiece. But this new bridge is necessary and, when you look at the details, a good deal.
North central Minnesota is in a storage drought, a persistent state of below-average rainfall that affects groundwater. It means low rivers and lakes, and possibly dry wells. Even in Lakes Country, access to water cannot be taken for granted.