Today is Poetry Friday! Susan at her blog Chicken Spaghetti is our host for today! Be sure to check out her blog for links to more great poems and poets. Thanks for hosting Susan! This week I thought I’d provide an update on what’s brewing in my poetry corner of the world. Another Poetry Reading…
environmental education
Poetry Friday: How a Cedar Wears Snow
This is the second in a series of poems I’m writing on how trees wear snow in the winter. How a Cedar Wears Snow My branches called boughs Are bending low, in a frown Snow came, fast, wet, and heavy Making my boughs bow down Leaning over, I look sad Under the weight of the…
Silent Sunday: The Four Seasons in Photos
Today is Silent Sunday. It is a day during the week when I just post my own photographs on a theme of my choice. There is no permission to duplicate in any fashion! Enjoy and Thank you!
Slice of Life Tuesday: Election Day is Here, Get out and Vote!
Did you vote yet? My husband and I voted before noon today. We had to register at a new polling place because of our move earlier this summer. Fortunately, we researched what we’d need to do that and took the appropriate documents. This included our Wisconsin driver’s licenses for our photo id and a bill…
Silent Sunday: Mt. Kineo & Moosehead Lake, Maine
Today is Silent Sunday! It is a day during the week when I just post my photography on a theme of my choosing. All photos are copyrighted and cannot be copied in any form without my express permission. Thank you!
Poetry Friday: The Fabulous Fungi of August
You may or may not have noticed but I took a break from posting to Poetry Friday last month. We moved in June, were settling in during July, and I started writing on Medium in August. I needed some change and I got it. But one of the most fantastic things I did in August…
Changing Sounds in the Forest At Night
My blog for the day considers the changing night sounds in the forest. I hope you read it. Today, I posted on Medium.com. Visit my post, here. What do you think? Are you hearing less at night? If so, why do you think that is?
Silent Sunday: Forest Fungi Finds
Today is Silent Sunday. All photos are my own and there is no permission to duplicate in any fashion without my express consent. While new (an unsure) to mushroom identification, I am learning and using Peterson’s Field Guide to Mushrooms in North America and the Mushroom Hunter book. Mushrooms can be deadly. Do not eat…
Monarch Update: Leaves Uneaten
I chose to publish my blog on Medium.com today. You can find it here (click the word, here.) I hope you click and read it. It tells a lot about who I am, what I care about, and how I’ve gone about working to preserve a species loved by many. As a preview: here are…
Weird! Plants That Do Not Need Soil!
Have you ever heard of a plant that doesn’t need soil to thrive? There are a whole group of such plants! They are called epiphytes! You might know them as air plants. I first became interested in epiphytic plants when I was leading an after-school garden club for elementary students, years ago. Planning a holiday…








