An Appreciation for Nature Around Us

An Appreciation for Nature Around Us

In the autumn season, the woods begin to go to sleep. The leaves fall to the ground, the squirrels collect food for the winter season, the grass dries, and the temperatures drop. It’s time for nature to rest. Those living in the Midwest enjoy the variety found in the...
How to Hold a Child’s Attention

How to Hold a Child’s Attention

For anyone who has children, worked with children, or babysat children, you know that the younger the child, the shorter the attention span. That could also be said to be true with some adults between our fast-paced lifestyles and our smart (or smart-aleck) phones....
Life Around the Lakeshore

Life Around the Lakeshore

Lake Michigan has lots of sandy beaches, luxurious forests, beautifully blooming flowers, and blue waters. It also hosts a number of dunes. One of these is Sleeping Bear Dunes. Foxes and fiery flies, lakes and loons, butterflies and bumble bees are a part of the...