Information Services Assistant Jake Vail discusses Riverine Dreams, an engaging book about the last wild rivers of the prairie, by Lawrence's own, George Frazier.
Birding in Flyover Country
Information Services Assistant Jake Vail discusses the upcoming Birding Basics series and all the library resources you might need, from books to bird watching backpacks.
Rivers and Trees: Dynamic Routes and Deep Roots
Go down river with Information Services Assistant Jake Vail, as he discusses the upcoming library series 'Rivers and Trees: Dynamic Routes and Deep Roots,' featuring local experts on the Baker Wetlands, Kansas trees, the Ogallala Aquifer, and more!
Don’t Take a Slice of My Pi
Go “On the Run” with Information Services Assistant Jake down the yellow brick road as he discusses The Dark Side of the Rainbow, Pi Day, and the upcoming total lunar eclipse.
Lots of Wild Surprises
This year I moved into town from the rural side. First time a city dweller in almost four decades(!). It's, well, different, but there are surprises. At the open house I was serenaded by a vireo and an atypically mellifluous catbird. The first morning as a resident I watched a coyote saunter down the street…
Light Eaters
Jake reviews Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
Burn Book
Why review tech writer Kara Swisher's new book when I know so little about computers? And, I'll admit, care little for most of those filthy rich people whose names we all know? Well, it's more a "memoir with tech bros" (a better subtitle than hers, BTW) than it is a tech book, written by an opinionated…
Interesting Fruit Trees of Lawrence Public Library
This month Dan Coleman and I have put together a slightly different "Interesting Tree" blog than our previous arboricultural collaborations. Not because we've run out of interesting trees to go look at, but because the trees are coming to us! Yes, Lawrence Public Library will soon be home to our (your!) own orchard! And YOU…
Lighting Fires in a Burning World
"What the Indians here used to do, was, to burn out the brush every year in the woods, up the gorges keeping the oak and pine stands tall and clear..." - Gary Snyder, "Control Burn" (line breaks omitted), 1971. “The idea that we need to just let nature take its course really underestimates the management…
Nourishing Roots
Reader, I fear you've committed an agricultural act. Again. Probably just a few hours ago. As poet/farmer Wendell Berry famously pointed out, "eating is an agricultural act." Yet how many consider it so when they open the fridge or pull in the drive-thru? The ramifications are endless. Every time you eat, you contribute to soil…
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