I worked 25 years at Mayo Clinic in computers.  When I started there were only a few computers, punched cards etc.  The IT department grew...

  To Start a Fire We are in the early stages of my 75 th year of making maple syrup on the Hanson Farm, here in NW Wisconsin.   We still ...

  When I was five years old, Dad and Mom decided to make maple syrup on our farm. Both had grown up in families from Maple Grove Township in...

  We tapped the maples last week, a little earlier than the normal mid-March time.  We have owned the woods on the east side of Orr Lake sin...

 The last time the Hanson's headed south for some of the winter was 2020, the year covid struck.  The next two years were in dealing wit...

  Home Sweet Home February 2011 We were RVing in Northern Louisiana the third week in February, having headed north to get out of the warm...

Ash Borers Advance Up the St. Croix River Valley Emerald ash borers have now made their way as far north as Nevers Dam Landing on the Wiscon...

  Morning Walks When my wife Margo died in February, my mornings suddenly became empty. For years, my days began with caring for her: helpin...

  During my walk this morning along the paved back road north of the Farm, I came to one of those black and orange woolly bear caterpillars ...

  Opening Margo’s Hope Chest When Margo and I married in 1972, she brought with her a cedar hope chest. I opened it last week for the firs...