While out jogging this morning I saw 9 loons on Lake Nokomis, mostly on the southern end of the lake.
The ice melted off Lake Nokomis just Saturday night. Saturday morning at 9:00 A.M., half the lake was still covered with gossamer-thin deep blue ice. By 4:30 that afternoon, it was all gone except for about 30 feet of loose shards along the southern shore. I drove up to Duluth Friday, and noticed that all the lakes north of the Twin Cities were still covered with ice. I think the loons migrate north as fast as they can, and rest at the northern-most lakes that are ice-free. So if you want to get out there and see and hear loons, you better do it now, before lakes to the north are ice-free. Jay Clark Cooper P.S. A few days ago I got an official list manager warning for mentioning Vermont cheddar cheese on the Minneapolis Issues List. For years I have watched legions of list participants be warned, rebuked, reminded, chastised, cautioned, admonished, suspended, and expelled. Yet, try as I might, I never got so much as raised eyebrows from the list manager. Was I an apple-polisher? A goody-two-shoes? Just plain boring? What was I doing wrong? At last, last Saturday, I reached one of my life's goals, and received an official rebuke from the list manager. I have now returned to humanity. With this list manager rebuke, I at last understand the absolute liberation that Thelma and Louise must have felt as they sent their Thunderbird careening over the cliff and into the Grand Canyon. P.P.S. A few years ago a Hmong girl in Jordan was mauled by a pit bull that had gotten loose. The Pit Bull was destroyed by animal control, and I believe a civil suit was launched against the owners. People who let their pit bulls, or any dangerous dogs loose absolutely are responsible. REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
