Happy Dancing Blog

A mindset can make all the difference. Jim Chamberlin explores what it means to nurture, rather than exploit, soil.

I mean you drive your car and park it at your campsite, cabin, yurt, or other camp lodging option, allowing you to bring some luxuries along that wilderness camping does not.

I have never had a productive conversation with a caterpillar, nor asked them a question I received an actual answer to. What you are about to read is based on scientific research done by others and connections I made in my own brain. Please proceed at your own risk.

I genuinely wanted walking (or maybe skating) to become something ordinary, woven into the fabric of my days instead of treated like a special occasion. Then life, in its usual unceremonious way, happened.

Resources for understanding air quality and air quality alerts.

Summer is the peak season to explore on a camping trip - a way to spend quality time in nature or with friends and family.

My quiet place is in the garden. The act of sitting completely alone with my thoughts...

It’s important to remember that your garden is also likely under the effects of the heat. Let’s review what you can do to help keep your soil and little green buddies happy and thriving in the hot summer months

This summer I decided to set a simple goal: walk to and from work as often as possible.

As most of our regular readers know, I, along with my wife Audra, own and operate Island Lake Farm, located east of Brainerd. It is a diverse farm operation with an abundance of different products, from various fruits, nuts, syrup, and lumber grown as part of our agroforestry systems, to livestock and veggies grown for market. Water quality certification is another step Island Lake Farm took for conservation. Photo by Minnesota Water Quality staff With a mission of using ec