Tag: Natural Connections
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Natural Connections: Find a Puddle and some Happiness
By Emily Stone Naturalist/Education Director at the Cable Natural History Museum Inhaling deeply, I looked out across the sunny expanse of frozen lake. Squeezing my shoulder ... -
Natural Connections: The Lessons of a Northwoods Spring
By Emily Stone Naturalist/Education Director, Cable Natural History Museum “I still fear that the cold will return. I am still full of uncertainties.” When Toni Alioto ... -
Natural Connections: Protecting Birds from Your Windows
By Emily Stone Naturalist/Education Director, Cable Natural History Museum The soft but sickening thud sent out a wave of impacts. Conversation, typing, and higher-level thinking stopped. ... -
Natural Connections: Spring is just around the corner — and winter is, too!
By Emily Stone Naturalist/Education Director, Cable Natural History Museum The metal studs on my fat bike tires crunched noisily on the trail as I pedaled furiously ... -
Natural Connections: Wood Frog Winter
By Emily Stone Naturalist/Education Director, Cable Natural History Museum The snow is melting, the soil is warming…and I can’t decide if that’s good or bad. The ... -
Natural Connections: Shining a Light on Curiosity
By Emily Stone Naturalist/Education Director, Cable Natural History Museum Once upon a time, in the cool, dark air of his own backyard, a forestry professor swept ... -
Natural Connections: Patterns of Life
By Emily Stone Naturalist/Education Director, Cable Natural History Museum Summer in the Northwoods can feel like a painting—broad sweeps of green and blue provide the backdrop ... -
Natural Connections: Like a Rifle to my Dreams
By Emily Stone Naturalist/Education Director, Cable Natural History Museum I opened my garage door and gazed out toward the setting sun over an expanse of snow-covered ... -
Natural Connections: Planning for Simplicity
By Emily Stone Naturalist/Education Director, Cable Natural History Museum “Joys come from simple and natural things: mists over meadows, sunlight on leaves, the path of the ... -
Natural Connections: Little Packets of Fatty Goodness—New Research
By Emily Stone Naturalist/Educator, Cable Natural History Museum On a humid morning in late July, I found myself hiking the steep trail to St. Peter’s Dome ...