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Build a pollinator paradise

Here’s another project for you: A pollinator garden. It’s more than bees. It’s butterflies, moths, beetles and even birds.   These critters are specifically impacted by …

Unpackaging the trash issue

The National Geographic Society believes that, in the formation of civilization, humans have never tackled the issue of garbage wholeheartedly. A personal headache, an environmental problem. One …

‘Quacking’ the world record

I am excited to announce I am officially a world record-holding athlete.   While that may be a slight exaggeration, the statement is not entirely false. Thus, it’s close enough to …

Finding the right time

My grandmother, Estella Foster, spent her middle years in western North Dakota during the last years of the 19th century and the first decade of the next. “Nothing much went on out there …

The passing of the penny

An announcement from the U.S. Mint sent shock waves through the country in late May, as word spread that the department will soon produce its last penny.   For generations, the one-cent …