Archive - Listening to the Land

Apr 14 •

March 2024

Land, Love, Language

Healing Our Relationship with the Natural World

Mar 28 •

Our Rights to a Healthy Environment

We must advocate and litigate

Mar 18 •

So what month is this . . . ?

Don't believe the calendar

Mar 9 •

Opportunity vs. futility

Positive action vs. intransigence

Mar 2 •

February 2024

Save Bloody Run

Background and Disclaimer: I’ve been working for seven years to protect Clayton County’s environment from an industrial mega-feedlot near Monona. This…

Feb 9 •

January 2024

Blizzards I Have Known . . .

But we Iowans cope . . .

Jan 20 •

Winter Bird Frenzy

With a blizzard raging outside, it seemed like a good day to 1) feed our bird friends; and 2) photograph birds (through the window, of course!) Thus…

Jan 13 •

Through the eyes of a mainlander . . .

Jan 6 •

December 2023

Listen to . . . . . the Volcanoes!

Here’s one reason I haven’t posted lately. We went with our daughter, Emily to the Hawaiian Islands. Here’s her account.Listening to the Land is a…

Dec 22, 2023 •

November 2023

Iowa Nature Summit

We Iowans must be more assertive when defending Nature and our environment, Neil Hamilton urged attendees at the Iowa Nature Summit he hosted November…

Nov 25, 2023 •

Listening to the . . . . SWANS!

With a cacophony of chortles, whoops, hoots, and hound-like howls, the tundra swans have once again swooped down from the north to stage briefly along…

Nov 25, 2023 •

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