I've been thinking a lot about the region where I went to school. My husband and his longtime friend have been there for the past few days. It's in the Keweenaw Peninsula in the northern part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The region juts into Lake Superior. It's hilly, wild, loaded with waterfalls, and … Continue reading the jampot
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love eating meat? stay away from this tick
Have you heard about the tick that causes meat allergies? One bite, and your body can become allergic to a sugar called alpha-gal that's found in non-primate mammary animals. Animals like cows, pigs, and lamb. Once affected, reactions to eating meat vary from something mild that an over-the-counter drug could manage, to something as extreme … Continue reading love eating meat? stay away from this tick
the road to peace twists and turns, rises and falls
(I wrote this last week as my husband, two dogs and I made our way down the freeway from Detroit to my uncle’s place in eastern Kentucky. Reception is iffy at my uncle’s so I didn’t bother trying to post anything while I was there.) Ahhh…. Wide open roads. Blue skies with wispy puffs of … Continue reading the road to peace twists and turns, rises and falls
birding blind in the grasslands
On Saturday, my spouse and I escaped the city for a few hours to participate in another guided nature walk. This time, we went to view nesting grassland birds. I imagined the walk would be a scavenger hunt for bird nests tucked away in the grass. We would peer into their homes like peeping Toms … Continue reading birding blind in the grasslands