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Start of school is the end of freedom
There is nothing like the start of a new school year to make a child just itch for freedom. This was my first year in a very long time to not be sending a child off to the local school in August.
Dress detective releases CD-ROM
American Dresses 1780-1900: Identification and Significance of 148 Extant Dresses by 93-year-old Elsie Frost McMurry, is a 810-page encyclopedic reference with more than 300 photographs and illustrations.
Bird count might explain lack of blue jays, juncos
With more than a month until April arrives, it may be premature to proclaim the end of winter. But since it never arrived, why not? So far this winter I’ve seen less than six inches of snow, and temperatures have been incredibly mild. Only twice has my thermometer dipped to 10 degrees. We did have
Understanding the mystery of bird songs
As spring migrants return slowly in early spring, maybe two or three species per week, it’s a great time to learn new bird songs.
Enjoying the quietest month
January and cold weather has a slowing effect on us all.
My best Thanksgiving choice
Forty years ago, 1975, a relatively mild central Illinois fall ended with a sledgehammer of a snowstorm the night before Thanksgiving. I remember it well because, as both a student and farmhand at the University of Illinois that year, I spent Thanksgiving Day milking Holsteins and pushing snow off the cow lots.
Yes, you could say Christmas is ‘for the birds’
Every December I get requests to reprint my version of ‘Twas the Night before Christmas I first published in 1988. Merry Christmas everyone!
Hole in the wall
Mr. Wonderful finds himself thankful for yet another hole in the wall on his daughter’s wedding day.
Camels trail paved the way for Route 66
After the 1848 treaty ended war with Mexico, and the U.S. received all of Texas above the Rio Grande, a new form of transportation was needed — the camel.
Prepare for planting season, Part 1: The basics
Spring planting season is right around the corner and now is the time to pull out your planters and get them ready.
