A good friend is in need of a kidney transplant. Although he is on the transplant list, this can take time.

Another alternative is donation.

This letter from Rachel explains this far better than I, and includes links to learn more about the process if interested.

A small creek and a little lake was a boyhood playground for John Muir as young boy growing up in Wisconsin before attending the University.

Fountain Lake, as it was known then, (now Ennis Lake), is located south of Montello, Wisconsin, within the John Muir Memorial County Park.

Does this famished caterpillar comprehend its impending ascent to grandeur?

On this Memorial Day weekend, let our thoughts silently turn to those who have served, fought, and many died to keep us free.

Imagine the feeling of being in a gallery “Where Images Inspire”.

As the snow melts, designs are created on the boulder face that appear to be ancient petroglyphs.

With the return of the red-winged blackbirds, the marsh is no longer silent.

From John Denver’s “The Eagle and the Hawk”, a lyric I think of daily

From the winter warmth of this porch at Old World Wisconsin, my thoughts turned to those before me, that gave me this opportunity.