Stirrings from the empty nest

You can't throw a rear spar down the street in the campground at Oshkosh and not hit an RV builder and/or pilot. I met Jim Davis, right,...

We had about 100 people -- I'd guess -- at the scaled-down annual get-together of RV builders at Oshkosh. For all of the glitz and glam...

It was a real thrill to see a skywriter write "Welcome, RV airplane builders" today. Unfortunately, the school levy up here failed...

It's probably worth pointing out that the presumed pilot is Terry Lutz, a former Northwest Airlines pilot and proud builder and owner of...

I started out today taking some pictures of RVs to share, then I got sidetracked. I'll go back and add some later on... LUNCH WITH LANE ...

I'm realizing after three days here that I really don't have that much to do this year. Most of what I need to buy for the RV I...

Vern and Tommy, from Peachtree, Georgia, arrived yesterday, navigating a front that has extended from Iowa across the middle of the country....

We amateur economists -- and these days, what economists aren't amateurs? -- have been figuring we'd use AirVenture as one of the b...

Around 7 this morning, Rich Emery stopped by to help me get the canopy up before the wind came up. We got it up and the wind followed shortl...

I'm heading over to Oshkosh this afternoon. I'll post some items when I get there. And, yes, I will be doing Ask the Dummy in the Ca...

Bees are disappearing from the planet and nobody seems to know why. But I worry about it. How will things be pollinated without bees? I'...

I don't know why but when life is too hard to figure out, I've always headed for the shore, whether it's the camp in Vermont, or...

My mother has said she feels as though summer is over on July 4th (this year might be the exception since she lives in New England and they ...

My family and friends from out of town can stop asking me if we have a senator yet. Here was my on-air analysis of the end of the Minnesota ...

The talented people at work have designed a new Web site , upon which my daily offerings appear. As with any new endeavor, there's a...

This is the most interesting thing in the garden these days. I bought the Spiderwort plant and put it in a container on the deck. The flower...

One great thing about working in St. Paul, is the Mississippi River is just a short walk away from the downtown headquarters of Minnesota Pu...

I have always said -- only to myself -- that the more I'm enjoying work, the worse my gardens are. This year, my gardening is going very...

The Cleveland Indians have a habit of coming to Minnesota when it's Patrick's birthday. Yesterday was that day and Patrick and Sean ...