Monday File Clean Out
I’ve been meaning to clean out my files. However, it’s one of those jobs that keep getting put off. I have 16 years of curriculum, lessons, and grad school materials…
Category: environmental education
National Poetry Month: Lovely Loon
Lovely Loon In the middle of the night in early April, I heard you arrive. The darkness shrouded an ability to see So I did not look for you, my…
Rainy Greens
What a difference one week makes! Today, we are finally getting some rain. It’s been a very dry spring so far in West Central Wisconsin. Fire risks are high so…
Slice of Life Tuesday: Forgetting What You did not Know
This is an odd title. What do I mean – forgetting what you did not know ? I’ve been working on a video presentation for first graders on phenology –…
Red Light, Green Light
Last night, as we finished dinner, my husband looked up from his place at the table and said, ” Wow, look at all those deer back there!” By the time…
‘ Shroom Foraging
Two years ago, when I worked for a local land trust, I had to organize education and outreach events. One such event, was Spring Foraging. Okay, it sounded fun but…
Bat Cave Shock
I stood there, in the near blackness of the cave, in three inches of water. The sump pump was next to my boots with the electric cord visible through the…
Where’s my mom?
It was getting later and later. My watch told me it was now approaching five thirty! Club dismisses at 4:45 p.m.. It was early February and now dark outside. The…
