If you're down on State Street any time this October, please stop in at Fair Trade Coffeehouse to see my latest exhibit, "Wisconsin in White: A Celebration of Winter." A reception is scheduled for Friday, October 5, 2012 from 6 - 8…
Everybody knows that it's been a very long, very hot, and very dry summer across most of the US. Over the past few weeks we've finally started to get a little rain in Wisconsin again. We're still well behind the…
It must be the heat because I keep thinking about waterfalls. I know there are waterfalls all around the country, but when I think of them Oregon usually comes to mind. When I lived in Portland I often made trips…
[Note: If you've been following my blog entries, you know that I've been watching a family of Sandhill Cranes in our neighborhood. I first mentioned them about a month ago (5/11), and then gave an update a couple weeks ago…
OK, I'll admit it, last weekend I rented "The Muppets" -- not the actual Muppets, but the movie that came out last year. It was mostly out of nostalgia. Our kids grew up when "The Muppet Show" was on TV and…
Since we first saw the Sandhill Cranes nesting in our neighborhood on 5/4/12, we've been going down to the pond almost every day to watch them. Word quickly spread about the baby cranes so other people are now down there almost…
My wife is a bird watcher. She says that she's not very good but I'm always impressed by how much she knows. She's had a lot of fun this week because she heard about a pair of Sandhill Cranes that were…
The Colorado Plateau is a fascinating area nearly devoid of water though it has been shaped almost entirely by water. A large part of the plateau lies in Utah, parts of which are protected in numerous parks and monuments. I've…
It's been in the news so much recently that it is certainly no longer news, but the weather has been unbelievable here lately! It's about 80°F (27°C) here today and the high temperatures for the past 4 days have been…