When we all began to feel like it would never arrive it finally showed up. Among the hubbub of getting ready for the holidays, school slowing down or taking a break for a bit, wondering if the weather report will contain rain, snow, or a threat of tornadoes the Winter Solstice came and went about […]
Conflict between humans and nature is nothing new. The news is filled of instances of conflicts between road building and aquatic habit, home building and cutting of trees for building materials, oil use and drilling in ANWR, wind turbines for electricity production and migrating birds, and many more. This is why the EPA was founded […]
This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for helping support this site. One of the top news stories currently happening has to do with wildfires in California. Strong winds, previous droughts, hilly terrain, these all make it very prone to large fires which can be difficult to put out. Fires are not new to that […]
No worries, we did not go on a hike through the forest on this very popular hunting day. Instead, I said, “Teeth brushed? Good job. Now out we go!” Kid #1 : “Where are we going, Mom? What are we going to do?” Kid #2: “Why? I don’t want to go.” Me: “We are going […]
If you have watched any television, turned on a radio, or walked past a newsstand in the last few days, you will have seen or heard about the current weather events taking place along the Gulf Coast and Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Harvey was a massive, unexpected, force which has disrupted a huge area and hundred of […]
This post contains affiliate links. While they will not help support this blog, they will help my kids earn points towards magazine subscriptions. I thought it only fair to let you know. 😉 As I drink my artificially flavored, because it had to be clarified on the bag in case I did not figure that […]
This poem is very timely, speaking of two different seasons we are currently experiencing. The first season has to do with this quarter of the year, with falling leaves and cooler nights. The other season is one of things not lasting but “new beautiful things come”. The picture above was from a vacation 5 years […]
A young man, camping in a National Park, is attacked and killed by a bear. Who is at fault? Is anyone at fault? This is the question asked in Engineering Eden by Jordan Fisher Smith. Instead of looking at the immediate setting or what has happened in the past few decades, which is considered fairly recent […]
During a summer job in college, I was blessed to get to spend hours each day walking through nature, being exposed to sights and sounds many may never see. When it is just you and the forest, animals appear that normally would not, you hear things that often get lost in the noise of the […]
This post contains affiliate links. All opinions are honest and are my own. There are few physical traits I can brag about to my siblings. I am several inches shorter than the next tallest, my hair is very straight, I do not tan well, I wear glasses, and have big front teeth (just ask my […]