Vagabond Kitchen: Sunsets and Sunrises
8-4-15 Sunsets and sunrises layer color lines across my memory. Summer days beach basking, evening speeds into morning faster than hummingbirds in flight. Our car and belongings are full of sand, tiny pebbles, lake water layered, collected from too many places to count. Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Manistique, Crooked and countless rivers and streams toe-dabbled along […]
We’re Holding Our Own: Tale From The SS Edmund Fitzgerald
written by: Ryan Stephens | Ghosts are forces of nature with unfinished business. They simply have something they need to accomplish before they move on. The water is dark as used motor oil and as cold as ice. Even through my six inch thick diving suit, Lake Superior chills me to the bone. I am […]
Woman of the Hunt
Woman of the Hunt: Chris Plourde shares her perspective on women involved in the art of deer hunting.
Deer camp – In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan stories of legendary proportion are woven throughout the local fabric describing the glories, heartaches, and comedies of the deer camp experience. For the most part, the world of hunting culture in the U.P. is a man’s world. There are however, a few women who have […]
The Brewing Stylings of Nick VanCourt | Ore Dock Brewery
Marquette, MI – You know those little kids who run around sipping off the beers of their elders at every family get together? Nick VanCourt was one of those small boys at the feet of his grandfather every chance he got. A first generation American from Austria, his granddad often enjoyed European imports like Becks […]
Meditation: Why should I do it?
So what is all this business about Meditation? I heard someone say the other day that “meditation is truly revolutionary”, but meditation has been around for thousands of years. What is the big deal?! The revolution we are talking about is the inevitable “change” resulting from a revolution. The change that meditation has on our […]
Which species will survive the Earth’s sixth mass extinction?
Matthew Wills, University of Bath Scientists recently suggested that the Earth’s sixth mass extinction has begun. As terrifying as that sounds, surely humans are too smart and too important to get wiped out? Palaeontologists have long tried to shed light on this question by looking for general rules that might predict the survival of a […]
Gigantic ‘Supertree of Life’ covers 2.3 million species
STEAM Register Staff The first draft of the “tree of life” for the roughly 2.3 million named species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes has been released. This circular family tree of Earth’s lifeforms is considered a first draft of the 3.5-billion-year history of how life evolved and diverged. Credit: opentreeoflife.org The tree depicts the […]
Microbeads Were a Terrible Idea And They’re Coming Back to Haunt Us
Microbeads—the tiny plastic spheres used as exfoliants in face wash, toothpaste and just about any other beauty products on the shelves—were a really, really bad idea. Our wastewater treatment plants aren’t designed to handle them, they don’t biodegrade and there are now a mind-boggling volume of microbeads winding up in all the wrong places. A […]
Gray wolf in northern Lower Peninsula
It took a year and a half, but there’s now no doubt: The animal spotted on a trail camera in Emmet County in the northwestern Lower Peninsula was indeed a gray wolf — only the second one confirmed in the Lower Peninsula since 1910. The wolf was confirmed on the reservation land of the Little […]
Pope calls for ‘really significant global environmental agreements’
Pope Francis demanded swift action on Friday (11) to save the planet from environmental ruin, urging everyone to make an effort ahead of upcoming international meetings on the issue.55 His encyclical Laudato Si (Praise Be), published in June, was the first papal document dedicated to the environment. ‘On the Care of Our Common Home’, Francis […]
