Here’s some of the stories that have captured Life & Soul Magazine’s attention this week: Spring repotting – Spring is the best time to repot your plants as the warmer temperatures stimulate new growth. If your plants have outgrown their nursery pot, it’s time to upgrade. The Stem offers a guide to repotting plants. 19 Sustainable […]Microcosm …
Equestrians race to save horses abandoned in Ukraine warzones — Tuesday’s Horse
YAHOO! NEWS via REUTERS, Joseph Campbell reporting, 1st Apr. 2022: When bombs began to fall as Russian forces poured into Ukraine in late February, thousands of people fled for safety, leaving their homes and property behind. Those who could often took beloved pets with them. It wasn’t so easy for horse owners, though, who faced […]Equestrians …
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Talkin’ Birds — SIB
Although I love technology, I only recently discovered podcasts. I had always thought of myself as a visual learner and I’ve was never been much of a “book” reader. But during the pandemic, Flo finally convinced me to try listening to books. Then I started “reading” (listening) to books with our two younger nephews during […]Talkin’ …
Singing the praises of flowering hedgerows — Scottish pollinators
I shouldn’t really like hedges. I should be mentally scarred by them. “Why?”, I hear you ask. Well, if you remember the cheap footballs that used to be standard issue for children, you might also recall their frequent demise when a wayward shot went into a hawthorn or blackthorn hedge. Many a childhood game ended prematurely due to […]Singing …
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Microcosm of the Macrocosm: Planet-Focused Stories from Around the World — Life & Soul Magazine
Here’s some of the stories that have captured Life & Soul Magazine’s attention this week: Reframed – Women make up less than five percent of US carpenters by trade. By sharing her skills with a group of women apprentices, Patagonia Films meets timber framer Jenna Pollard who is reframing the narrative—one dovetail joint at a […]Microcosm …
The American Heritage of Wild Horses — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
By: William E. Simpson II Our history is important when it comes to managing our public lands, natural resources and wildlife. Much of our factual history today is being obscured by the white-noise of ignorance and politics that abounds in the media, where hearsay and monetary-motivated myths are sometimes couched as fact. Some of […]The …
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‘SEXING THE HUMMER’: A GENDER GUIDE TO ABACO’S HUMMINGBIRDS — ROLLING HARBOUR ABACO
‘SEXING THE HUMMER’ A GENDER GUIDE TO ABACO’S HUMMINGBIRDS The drastic effects of Hurricane Dorian on Abaco’s birdlife continue, with recent reports suggesting that all species remain affected, and some severely so. However there are signs of a slow improvement, and this good news includes the two hummingbird species, the endemic Bahama Woodstar and the […]‘SEXING …
Saturday April 23: joint Earth Day cleanup with Chicago Ornithological Society — Rainbow Beach Dunes
Piping plovers at Montrose Beach, (c) Chicago Tribune Join RBD volunteers as we unite with the COS to make our beach habitat attractive to the piping plover! In 2019, two of these amazing endangered birds (Monty and Rose) nested at Montrose Beach Dunes for the first time. We hope that they or their offspring will […]Saturday …
Happy 2022!
Wishing everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous new year ahead! May the road rise up to meet you and may the wind be always at your back (old Irish proverb) My hope for 2022 is for a kinder more compassionate world - we're all in this together.
The Northern Herper 
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