October Imagine neighbors who are nearly silent and invisible, who are dedicated to family, and who fly nightly over your yard to eat hundreds of villainous mosquitoes. Great neighbors like these can only be bats. […]
Category: Life
In her work, artist Elizabeth G Fagan aims to promote connection with our fellow creatures. “I am a passionate animal lover,” says Fagan. “All creatures deserve our respect.”
Amazingly Graceful Cranes
September A lone motorist travels an Ozaukee County highway flanked by late-summer fields of golden oats and grasses. There, mid-field on the right, a beaked triangle swivels, seemingly unattached to neck or bird. In the […]
Time & Deep Time
The Geologic Timeline Put aside the drumbeat of your life. Clear your mind. Gather an image in your head of planet Earth spinning in tandem with Mercury, Venus, Mars, and the giant planets around the […]
Ghosts in the Stones
Ghosts in the Stones Lake Michigan reached record low-water levels in January, 2013, creating bountiful beaches on Wisconsin’s shoreline. By Winter, 2014, however, the Lake started rising. By April, 2020, it had risen more than […]
Milkweeds & Monarchs
May Landscaping with Wisconsin native species brings the frugal, time-crunched gardener an array of benefits. With knowledge and a keen eye, a gardener might find low-cost (or no-cost) starter plants. Because native plants evolved in […]
Earth Day
April “It was a gamble, but it worked,” recalled Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day. The late Wisconsin governor and United States senator (D) successfully infused the activism of the late 1960s with such […]
Permian Amphibian
Permian Amphibian North America’s Great Lakes region was once the bed of an ancient sea. Fossils abound if one knows where and how to look. Paleozoic fossils of many periods regularly wash up on the […]
Stromatolites
Stromatolites North of the Great Lakes lies the Canadian Shield, a very ancient geologic feature that bears Banded Iron Formation (BIF). Formed 4 to 2.5 billion years ago, BIF is among Earth’s oldest rock formations. […]
ELIZABETH G FAGAN 