This time of year, everyone’s chomping at the bit for spring. Whether it’s that little extra bit of daylight, the first glimpse of a woodland wildflower or the rattling calls of sandhill cranes waaaaay up in the sky, we’re all eager to reach out and grasp the promise of warmer days to come. […]
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Remember when Canada geese were a fly-by-night group? Back then, before our resident goose populations took hold, it was big news when these large, majestic birds blew into town. Flying in V-formation, honking and squawking, they’d land by the hundreds on rivers and ponds. […]
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Last week we took a Good Natured look at the notion of dreams coming true, and how the aspirations of naturalists might veer a little off from what most people would consider usual. While much of polite society may dream of fame or fortune, us nature folk have slightly different visions dancing in our heads. […]
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We all have dreams, don’t we? I know I have several, including writing a book, hosting a talk show and making a perfect pie crust. But none of those are relevant right now. Nope. Today’s dream involves dead stuff. And the best part is, it’s a dream come true.. […]
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Chances are, if you’re a Laura Ingalls Wilder fan, and/or if you watched the television show Little House on the Prairie, the name Walnut Grove carries special meaning. In the book series, Walnut Grove was the town nearest the family’s dugout home On the Banks of Plum Creek. […]
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Make no mistake, love is in the air. Jewelers have stepped up their ads for diamond-crusted tokens of tenderness (“Every kiss begins with Kay!”) and the candy aisles of local grocers are overflowing with chocolate wrapped in red and pink (the only time of year, as far as I know, that these colors appear together on purpose). […]
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This departure from the regular column is in response to the recent record-setting cold the National Weather Service described as “life threatening.” Our resident expert, Good Natured writer Pam Otto, answers some questions about the super-cold. […]
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You have a cavity.” For many of us, delivery of this statement evokes feelings of disappointment and maybe even gloom. Our dental hygiene regimen–all that brushing, flossing and rinsing–has somehow failed, and now there’s a hole that doesn’t belong. […]
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Every family has one. You know what I’m talking about – that one relative who is gifted beyond belief with agility and coordination. In our family, it’s my nephew Caleb. You should see him on his backyard playset. He can flip and spin; he can hang upside down; he can fly down the slide, face first, and stick the landing every time. […]
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I guess you could say I have a history with frogs. For as far back as I can remember, I’ve chased after these guys, stalking them in ponds and streams, reveling in their frogginess. When I was five my Uncle Lyman caught me an enormous bullfrog […]
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