February 6th, 2024

This is John Muir's true story of a day, exploring a huge glacier in Alaska, that became dark and dangerous. He was accompanied by a small dog named Stickeen, who wouldn't be told to go back to camp.  He wrote of how spent they were, at the end of the ordeal,...

Kirsten Layer

Please welcome Kirsten Layer to the Fire! Kirsten was one of the first friends I made when we moved to Viroqua and she's one of my favorite people I've ever met. The two of us could talk about almost anything but I thought it would be fun to start with a conversation...

February 1st, 2024

This week Dena Eakles talks with Akram Abed about his life in the Driftless and his close family that lives in Palestine.

January 30th, 2024

I’ll be reading first from John Muir’s tales of exploring in August 1879 when he was 41, from his book Travels in Alaska, chapter 8.   Then we will  jump back in time to when Muir was 26 and exploring the Great Lakes region’s plants. He...