It is a truth universally acknowledged that we adults have fond memories of reading as a child. Participating in The Book It Program to get that Pizza Hut pizza. That decadent feeling when teachers allowed us “special reading time” on bean bag chairs at school. Giggling over getting caught reading with a flashlight under the…
005: How to Research Your House Pt 1
Learn about the resources we use to uncover the history of houses around Lawrence in this episode, featuring special guest Frankie! Putting together a narrative about your house based on available historical records can be a powerful way to peer into the hyperlocal past. We talk historical neighborhoods in Lawrence here, but be on the…
Unsolicited Recommendations for Local Candidates
Did you know it’s local election season? Are you keeping up with the many forums, profiles, and surveys generated by this time of pitch-fever electoral spirit? If not, I can’t blame you -- each of us has our own mountain of concerns to summit (like remembering to turn in library materials). Fortunately, I know JUST…
Migrations of Art Near and Far
As this full harvest moon shines on the autumn equinox, flights of migration and vast bird murmurations are happening! And as promised in my previous post about the artists that make Lawrence well-known as a creative place, I have more to share from local artists and their artworks in our community. This time in addition…
Partaking of the Miraculous
As mentioned previously in this space, several excellent books on whales and ocean life washed ashore among the flotsam of the first pandemic year, Floating Coast and Fathoms, to name two favorites. So I stopped in my tracks when I chanced upon a review of a new book called Albert and the Whale. The book…
Regarding Tardigrades
For the past few years I’ve been obsessed with a mysterious display case at the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center. It contains a number of carved wooden models of tiny creatures called tardigrades, derived from the Latin "slow walker." Also known as “water bears” for their bear-like shape, these microfauna have inched their way into the…
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