Art of the State Parks

Minnesota State Parks are sometimes best experienced through our ears.

audio narrative: Walk in the Time of Coronavirus

December 7, 2020 16 comments

As we enter a new phase of the pandemic – and Blissful recovers – let’s look back to the beginning.

April 2, 2020 17 comments

Taking a walk in early spring and thinking about the coming limits to our freedom to move.

May 19, 2019 4 comments

One Thursday in spring, bluebells explode into a sea of color like a holy shrine at Carley State Park, MN.

May 11, 2019 21 comments

The volume’s turned up on muddy trails at Minnesota’s William O’Brien State Park and my ears open to the music of early spring.

February 19, 2018 5 comments

A solo late winter snowshoe in Wild Rover State Park introduces surprises in myriad foot prints.