It’s funny how we struggle against nature sometimes: winter weather, summer heat, time itself (I am not a fan of daylight savings). Then again, after another week of struggling to […]
Ripples 2/21/19
All too often we are confined to our workspaces, eyes fixed on computer monitors until we can hardly see anything else. And when we’re not, we’ve got our eyes glued […]
Ripples 2/28/19
I’m sure many of us are happy to have February behind us with its abundant cold, snow and ice. It’s hard to remember the mild, rainy first half of the […]
Ripples 2/14/19
I am well on my way to becoming an “old timer,” although I’ve only been called that once by a student when I was visiting my daughter at UW-Madison. Once, […]
Ripples 1/31/19
I think there is an increasing appreciation for our local stretch of the shore of Lake Michigan. Perhaps it’s out of necessity as we rightly shift our economic focus from […]
Ripples 12/13/18
There are several things associated with birds which make winter special. Among them are the appearance of snowy owls and finches from the far north during certain years, and concentrations […]
