What an incredibly strange and amazing week this has been!  I started the week in complete stress mode trying to get my presentation finish...

I’ve been visiting some great nature preserves around the Chicago area recently in preparation for my first Master Naturalist presentation n...

It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon…err Chicago, my hometown.  Our family continues to focus on our various housing moves, but activity i...

Shortly after returning to Chicago earlier this month, I received two emails from the area coordinator of the Illinois Master Naturalist pr...

To complete my Illinois Master Naturalist internship, I need to log 60 hours of volunteer service at a local park/preserve.  Doing some onli...

“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” -- Frank Lloyd Wright For the last 2 months, I’ve been atten...