Natural Wonders #43

by | Nov 15, 2022 |

We hear more from Fran Hamerstrom, born in 1907, from her book, My Double Life, Memoirs of a Naturalist.  This chapter is called A Letter from My Mother-in-Law, and finds her in the beginning of her time as a field biologist,  with her life long partner...

Natural Wonders #38

by | Nov 15, 2022 |

A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold continues to delight. We will hear the August and September chapters, each with a view into a world we may have never been aware of, if it wasn't for our perceptive sensitive author who guides us on such sweet trips afield.

Conversations- Thursday November 10, 2022

by | Nov 14, 2022 |

Host Ed Holohan chooses a special brodcast from the archives of Life on the Radio which was the predecessor to Conversations. Ed and former co-host Genie Nordskog speak with Prudence Tippins suggesting a strategy for the upcoming Thanksgiving celebration and other...

Farmer/Janus and Barn Elegiac- November 10, 2022

by | Nov 14, 2022 |

Catherine reads 2 poem from her poetry collection Geosmin that address the loss of farming in Wissconsin's Driftless Region. The Janus in Farmer.Janus refers tot the two-faced Roman god of beginnings, doorways, passages and endings. The farmer looking forward and back...

Natural Wonders #42

by | Nov 14, 2022 |

We learn from Aldo Leopold about the bur oak and its history on the southern Wisconsin landscape from the April chapter of a Sand County Almanac.  "Thus, he who owns a veteran bur oak  owns more than a tree. He owns a reserved seat in the theater of...

Harmonie O’Loughlin

by | Nov 13, 2022 |

Harmonie is the owner of Flora's Feast botanical skincare line and the founder of the Plant Wonder Collective. Harmonie came to Women's Fire today to talk about how she started her small business and how it has expanded to include online collaboration in an effort to...