Monthly Archives: April 2021
Signs of Spring 9: Driving to Fort Collins!
Audio – driving to Fort Collins Spring comes to Northern Colorado in short bursts. A week of warm, sunny weather is followed by five or six days of cold and snow: conditions are constantly flipping back and forth between spring … Continue reading
Signs of Spring 8: Signs of Spring in the Neighborhood!
Audio – spring in the neighborhood Walking around our neighborhood, Deborah and I have been seeing lots of very familiar signs of spring! Daffodils are blooming (although there are nowhere near as many as we used to see back in … Continue reading
Signs of Spring 7: Colorado Blue Skies!
Audio – Colorado blue skies There was a term that we used when I was at Texas Tech in Lubbock to describe the sky on a really beautiful, sunny day: Colorado Blue! Since moving to Colorado, I have looked forward … Continue reading
Signs of Spring 6: Tumbleweeds!
Audio – tumbleweeds In the second week of January, I was standing outside of a dental office on the south edge of Greeley trying to figure out, quite frankly, how I could avoid going in. Because of the pandemic, I … Continue reading
Signs of Spring 5: Shrinking Shrew Brains, Glowing Platypuses and Poison Rats!
Audio – Shrews, platypuses and poison rats The brain is, of course, the center of most animal activities. It processes sensory input, controls muscles, coordinates innate behaviors, emotions and many reflexes, and it creates and stores memories. And, as it … Continue reading