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Breakfast has long been touted as the most important meal of the day. After individuals spend several hours sleeping, breakfast refuels their bodies and prepares them to tackle the day ahead.

Minnesota knows corn is more than just a side dish, which is maybe why we grow a lot of it — like 14.9 billion bushels of corn a year “a lot”. As a state, we produce everything from field corn (used to make ethanol, diapers, plastics, and more) to the beloved juicy, sweet corn. Sure, Iowa might talk a big corn game, but here in the Star of the North, we’ve got kernels of history, culture and creativity wrapped up in every ear.

As you know, here at Beyond Reason, we always tackle the biggest, most important issues of the day. A philosophical conundrum. A Buddhist koan. The t-shirt gun. Look, if it’s in Beyond Reason, it’s important. That’s why, this week, it’s time to consider bunting.

As summer winds down, long stretches of sunlight are dwindling and cooler temperatures are on the horizon. Gardening enthusiasts may wonder how they can manage their backyard gardens as the peak growing season comes to a close.

It was years ago when I was talking with, Larry Gunderson, a neighbor who was involved in rodeo at the time. I asked him how it was going. He said it was going well, which, from what I gather from rodeo folks, equates to “currently not in the hospital.” Larry then gave a painful account of all the bones, ligaments, and joints that had been broken, torn, or sprained due to his rodeo career. It was a spectacular list which suggests it takes a special breed of person to be in rodeo and I like to think I would have given it a go too. After all, I had cowboy boots, a cowboy shirt for the first day of school, and rodeo experience when I was just a little kid. What I didn’t have was a horse.