Devil's Lake
post a comment | posted Aug 11
Wednesday we returned from a three-day camping trip to Devil's Lake State Park, just outside of Baraboo, Wisconsin. We left on Sunday afternoon and arrived at the park around 4 p.m. Steve's parents drove up from Illinois to join us. Devil's Lake is...
Pesticide free yards
post a comment | posted Aug 2
The other day I was walking with the girls and noticed a small yellow sign posted on in the shaded yard before a bungalow: "Pesticide Free: This area safe for children," the sign read. I came home and googled "pesticide free yard signs" and came up...
Simpson values
post a comment | posted Aug 2
I'd be a liar if I denied the allure of the local multiplex on a 95-degree day without air conditioning. And considering the fact that yesterday was Monkey's seventh birthday, we decided to take a trip to Mayfair Mall to catch a matinee showing of ...
Mission trip in my backyard
post a comment | posted Jul 27
I'm excited. I just got a call from City on a Hill, an organization whose mission is to "meet the needs of the central city by providing hands-on missions training, faith-based multicultural education, community outreach, economic empowerment, hous...
Baby Steps
post a comment | posted Jul 26
Fellow blogger Petronia reminded me in response to my "conservation v. preservation" post about No Impact Man. I first learned about the efforts of Mr. & Mrs. No Impact to live for an entire year without affecting the earth on Good Morning America....
Customer-Made
post a comment | posted Jul 24
Love it or hate it, the powers that be seem to have latched on to the idea of having youtube generation film makers create free advertising for giant clients like Diet Coke, Doritos and, now, Heinz Ketchup.But the "Customer-Made" movement, says con...
Conservation v. Preservation
post a comment | posted Jul 24
I've so much to learn. There are, I'm sure, many different camps when it comes to protecting and preserving our Earth's natural resources. The history of the larger environmental movement, from what I can tell, has its roots in this basic debate: c...
Don't look back.
post a comment | posted Jul 23
Around the time I reached the age of maybe 18 I started wanting to revisit the things of my youth. I wanted to see Garbage Pail Kids again, go to the fort I made as an 8-year-old by the creek in Vernon Hills, walk through the childhood home we move...
A not-so-lazy Saturday afternoon
post a comment | posted Jul 22
We're loving our first summer in Wisconsin, and this past Saturday's events were a perfect illustration as to why it's so wonderful here. There's so much to do, so much to see, so much to take in. We started Saturday's journey by heading Northwest,...
To keep or not to keep
post a comment | posted Jul 19
To keep, or not to keep?That is the question.Whether 'tis nobler to allow half-dead cicadas their freedom or to allow our curious children to keep them as pets I'm not sure. This is our summertime struggle, as almost every day our kids find caterpi...