Life in Motion

Life in Motion

I see youTrying to snip yourselfFree from the clash of fabric patternsOutsize the outline of your fierceand stunning soulCoast be not oceanEdge be not your endI smell the salt water in your conversationA slow leak of truth from the corners of your grin I see...
Family Night

Family Night

Peer into the satchel of fabricsPlush and darkSoft and unforgiving,Hand to hand, pass stitched and muffled suffering We lay down our best attempts atAligning ourselves, random and divinedOur tiles slide one over the otherPuzzling our perspectivesInto crossword...
Drones in Dairyland

Drones in Dairyland

From a hundred feet in the air, Moriah Rataczak inspects the fields of Gumz Farms in Central Wisconsin. Soaring through the sky like a hawk, she weaves back and forth, looking down over thousands of acres of mint, onions, potatoes, corn, and soybeans. It’s early...
Food for Thought, Food for All

Food for Thought, Food for All

From the outside, Tricklebee Café at 4424 West North Avenue in Milwaukee’s Sherman Park looks like any other restaurant. An A-frame chalkboard outside announces the special of the day: winter grain stew with a side of Hasselback potatoes and a radish, apple, and...
Bridge to Discovery

Bridge to Discovery

While the phrase scientific research often conjures images of technicians in white coats holding glass tubes, a sizable slice of the scientific endeavor actually takes place outside of the lab in what is known as “the field.” Field research can be a powerful tool for...
Uprooted: Plants in a Changing Climate

Uprooted: Plants in a Changing Climate

When we consider the impacts of global climate change, we tend to think of spectacular disasters fueled by extreme weather—deadly fires and mudslides in California, flooding from Hurricane Sandy—or of massive environmental transformations—glaciers calving in Greenland...