by B.J. Hollars | Aug 3, 2022 | Magazine Article
We strike out for Together Farms one evening in mid-May. The minivan is packed tight: every bench and bucket seat claimed by one family member or another. My father sits shotgun, my mom is in the back, with my wife and our three children in the remaining seats. We are...
by Erika Monroe-Kane | Aug 3, 2022 | Magazine Article
Recently, I have been hearing a lot about resilience, the invaluable quality that is essential to maintaining daily life during times of crisis and which is also the underpinning of great achievements. While I agree that resilience is highly valuable, I think there is...
by Christopher Chambers | Aug 3, 2022 | Magazine Article
Summer means different things in different places. In Wisconsin, where the winters are longer and less hospitable, summers are celebrated with more intensity and appreciation than in southern climes. Summer here is a fugitive time, a time to seize the days and get...
by Ashley Vedvig | May 5, 2022 | Magazine Article
Wisconsin K-12 schools are playing a vital role in incorporating innovative climate and energy solutions in the state. One initiative, the K-12 Energy Education Program (KEEP), equips educators with place-based energy education resources to help students and teachers...
by Robin Chapman | May 4, 2022 | Magazine Article
Unflinching in their catalogue of environmental loss, the poems in Catherine Young’s fine collection, Geosmin, are generous in their celebration of natural life in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area, where the poet lives and farms. She brings her love of place and her...
by Nancy Jesse | May 4, 2022 | Magazine Article
“Who were you?” a stranger in the checkout line of Trader Joe’s asks Mae, in the opening story of Rose Ann Findlen’s collection, Waiting for the Fall. The past tense amuses Mae and sets in motion her musings on the “patchwork self” she’s been stitching together since...
