The Weather From Aloft

THE WEATHER FROM ALOFTApril 26 & April 28I just finished watching the movie “The Weatherman”. Nicholas Cage does a fine job portraying a television meteorologist who is constantly pelted with fast food from moving cars for no other reason except he predicted unacceptable weather.For as…

Sheffield Offers A Look At the North

SHEFFIELD OFFERS A LOOK AT THE NORTH  April 19 & April 21It was the first thing we saw when we pulled into the parking lot at Sheffield Conservation Area, south of Kaladar. A full size consul television sat at the edge of the parking lot, surrounded…

Special Memories Are Relaxing

SPECIAL MEMORIES ARE RELAXING  April 12 & April 14I stopped in to see an old friend the other day. She wasn’t home, and hasn’t been for some time, as she passed away several years ago. But the cottage where this charming Estonian lady used to come nearly…

Special Places, Special Frogs

SPECIAL PLACES, SPECIAL FROGS  April 05 & April 07 We have been talking about frogs a lot these past couple of weeks. Mostly, it has been at a series of workshops I conducted on wildlife monitoring. People seem to like frogs, and I guess that…