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...

Dena Eakles

Please give a warm welcome to Dena Eakles as she joins us around the fire today. Dena is the owner of Echo Valley Farm near Ontario, WI. We talk about Dena's journey from Pennsylvania to Chicago to rural Wisconsin and how she followed a calling to the work she does...

January 23, 2024

We travel back to 1879 with John Muir in Alaska, exploring the Stickeen Glaciers; this one is called the Dirt Glacier. I'm reading from his book Travels In Alaska, published in 1915. The challenge will be keeping up with him !