“The oldest task in human history is to live
on a piece of land without spoiling it.”
- Aldo Leopold
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49 ~ Searching for a morel in this story
This year the month of May has been a rough one for the gardens, both very dry and cold…
48 ~ Down syndrome
This is the season for down (just not in jackets). I am most pleased to relay that I first noticed some a couple of weeks ago on the eagle nest…
47 ~ Art history
A remarkable feature of the Wisconsin Driftless Area is Native American rock art, nearly all of which was created before European contact…
45 ~ These days, life’s a birch
The 2021 maple syrup season is now in the rearview mirror…
43 ~ When you thought you’ve seen it all…
Extraordinary. Just when I thought I’d seen everything on this 880 acre patch of woods and fields...
41 ~ Equinox, equilibrium, and glad tidings of eagles
Welcome to spring, all! It’s been a long, difficult Covid slog of a winter for many of us, and may the turn of the spring equinox today bring some comfort and hope…
40 ~ Lagging
Well, here we are today (at least in Canada and the US): the annual ritual that marks the start of the institutionalized oppression of morning people, the switch to Daylight Saving Time…