Monthly Archives: August 2020

(Click here to listen to an audio version of this blog!) When you talk about any ecological, environmental or economic aspect of Colorado you inevitably come to one inescapable noun: water. The ability to grow crops depends on the availability … Continue reading →

(Click here to listen to an audio version of this blog!) About 30 miles east of Omaha it started to rain. Not a thunderstorm kind of rain (which you would expect in the summer in these “continental climate” regions) but … Continue reading →

(Click here to listen to an audio version of this blog!) We drove out of Indiana and left the ghost of the pre-colonial eastern forest behind. Entering Illinois we crossed the eastern boundary of the now defunct great, tall grass … Continue reading →

(Click here to listen to a audio version of this blog!) We left Apollo in the early afternoon and drove west in bright sunshine. The air was as warm and humid as you would expect for Western Pennsylvania in late … Continue reading →