Halloween is the season for creepy, crawling things that make us shriek and shiver with fright. Many of the season’s eerie icons are wildlife with a bad reputation.
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Shorter days prompt nature’s grand finale
Have you noticed lately the shrinking amount of light each day and how it seems to affect your energy level? The same is true for...

Find a place to practice nature mindfulness
I took a walk last weekend around sunset after a day of mowing and yard work. I wanted to enjoy my favorite time of day, the time I call the “golden hour." It is about an hour before sunset when the trees, water, and animals are bathed in a warm golden glow of the setting sun.

Feed the hummingbirds before their big trip south
Eating voraciously is exactly what the ruby-throated hummingbirds do before their annual trip to Central America. The fall hummingbird migration typically starts at the end of July, reaching a peak in late August and early September.

Happy campers keep it simple
There seem to be three types of people in the world: those who like to camp, those who do not like it and those who haven’t tried it yet. Which group do you belong to?

Skill Sets
Most folks develop a unique set of skills as they venture through life. By the time they’re fifty years of age, a most people have...

A Summer Internship
by: Clay McKenney Figuratively speaking I lived and grew up in the outdoors, in the woods and the fields of East Central Indiana. From toddler...

Teen Works
The workday begins on the job site as a group of local high school students in light blue t-shirts put on their work gloves and...

Do you make a summertime ‘bucket list’?
When my children were young we would make a “summer fun” list after the last day of school. At the start of vacation it seemed like we had so much time to fit in everything we wanted to do.

Being in, on or near water is good for you
I enjoy vacationing at the beach as well as in the mountains, but I need to live near water. It doesn’t have anything to do with an apocalyptic view of a drought-stricken world or rising ocean levels destroying property values. It has everything to do with the way being on, in or in view of water makes me feel.

Butterflies or blacktop: Which would you choose?
There is a great deal of discussion about the importance of diversity in cities, but have you ever thought about the importance of biodiversity in urban areas? Imagine a manicured park with a carpet of thick green turf and only one type of tree, maybe a maple.

Dirt Under the Nails is Healthy for Kids
What is your relationship with the outdoors? Do you like to garden, fish, bicycle, or camp? Do you generally look out the window wishing you...