In Praise of Creation, A Spring Concert at Franciscans Downtown!As part of our celebration of and Laudato Si, the Franciscans of Stevens Point will be hosting a concert this month. This presentation is open to the public with no admission. Bring your lunch and/or enjoy free refreshments.Readings ...

04/03/2016

Building a Leopold Bench

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Building a Leopold Bench To go with the Leopold theme of my past two posts, I am going to include one more post Relating to Aldo Leopold, that of the Leopold Bench.I have mentioned in other posts in the past the sweet tranquility of having a few benches placed throughout your forest, especially o...

04/03/2016

Aldo Leopold: Pioneer in Forestry and Wildlife Ecology

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Aldo Leopold: Pioneer in Forestry and Wildlife Ecology A few minutes ago I shared a blog post on Sauk County Wisconsin, a place that one of our nations pioneer Foresters and Wildlife Ecologists went to commune with nature during his final years as a professor at the University of Wisconsin.Realiz...

04/03/2016

Sauk County Wisconsin, Leopold's Sand County

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Sauk County Wisconsin, History, Recreation, and Wisconsin's Pioneer ForesterThe beautiful sites in this county have attracted people for thousands of years. From the original residents for whom it is named, to the loggers who floated logs and lumber down the Wisconsin River through the famous Wis...

04/03/2016

Green Bay to Appleton; 71,000 Forest Acres, Outagamie County Wisconsin

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Green Bay to Appleton; 71,000 Forest Acres, Outagamie County WisconsinThe location of this prime recreation and hunting land can't be beat with a very short drive to both Appleton and Green Bay. The mix of forestland and farmland in this county adds up to a guaranteed wildlife extravaganza on y...

04/03/2016

Without the emoticon, it’s just plain MEAN!

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Oh My, I have a new language to learn, I can barely see some of those little faces much less know what many of them mean, is there a code sheet somewhere??? I’m an old fart who “gets” a lot of things about social media but never really understood the importance of emoticons until Easter Brunch w...

04/03/2016

Doris Day Turns 92 Today

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Doris Day Turns 92 TodayI was surprised to see an old familiar face on tv today, Doris Day.Recently I have discovered this new network called Decades that shows plenty of blasts from the past, and being an older person these days I am really enjoying these reminders of days gone by.I remember wat...

04/03/2016

4 Apps That Will Help You Become A Morning Person

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I will be sharing that Better Me app with all of my fb friends, cant wait to see the notices coming in. Getting up used to be a problem for me but as I get older I am finding myself not being able to get enough sleep, many weeks 3-4 hours is about all that I have time for. Is there an app for tha...

04/02/2016