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In doing some quick research for a faculty workshop I’ll be leading, I stumbled up Professor Michael Wesch’s acceptance speech for U.S. Professor of the Year. What strikes me about his short speech is what he says about the importance of asking questions–the real questions of our lives, the ones that matter.

Earth Scouts had their first “official” clean-up day today. The day was a beautiful one weather-wise for our adventures. Four families showed up and everyone worked hard for a couple of hours cleaning up the Van Horn Woods in Plainfield. The kids filled many bags full of bottles, cans, plastic bags, snack wrappers, etc. We [...]

After a blizzard this April morning, we took an evening walk. Most of the snow had melted away. Just down the street from us is an old church and graveyard that dates back to 1864. I took the advantage of the evening light to create a couple images. St. Mary’s is one of the oldest [...]