"I swear by Apollo..."
“I swear by Apollo the physician, and by Asclepius and by Hygieia and Panacea….”. So begins an old version of the Hippocratic Oath taken...
Doing the Two Step on the Prairies- As Easy as 1, 2, 3
The time of year for the sumac and aspen battle is here. Call it the Battle of the Clones. On June 22 the first engagement began as a...
Entangled Prairie
Merlin Sheldrake’s “Entangled Life” is a fascinating book about the role fungi play on the stage of life. He tells the story of the...
Golden Moments
So, you're hiking along the trails on the bluffs of La Crosse letting your mind wander. Certain patterns in nature come swirling through...
A Journey of Millions of Years
On Saturday, June 12, several intrepid time traveling adventurers left their homes and went on a journey of millions of years. Many...
A Tale of Two Goats
The two goats were nervous, aware of being slowly hemmed in by the tall sea of green marching assiduously in from all sides. Named...








