Category Archives: West Saari Road

We are selling the farm. We bought the homestead and 80 surrounding acres in Pike Township, Minnesota, in 1989 from Inez Saari, widow of Arvo Saari. She could no longer keep up the place and was moving into Alice Nettell … Continue reading →

We arrived in Tucson just as the sun was setting and checked into the Best Western on the southwest corner of Stone and Speedway. We know the intersection well. When passing through Tucson or coming up from Mexico to run … Continue reading →

There is nothing I can add to the commentary condemning the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-to-3 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. So instead I am sharing this female River Jewelwing perched on a balsam branch that I photographed today in … Continue reading →

Your recent article in The Washington Post about the Mexican marathon runner Germán Silva was very interesting. The mind and body of runners, especially long-distance runners, always baffles me, a non-runner.  I am equally baffled by your fear of rural Mexico. I … Continue reading →