Posts tagged Jill Sisson Quinn

Trespasser:

Poet John Keats once wrote that “the poetry of the earth is never dead.” In honor of this week’s celebration of Earth Day, writer Jill Sisson Quinn tells us why she can’t stay away from the woods. 

Jill Sisson Quinn is a nature writer in Central Wisconsin.

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Skunk:

Many people think of skunks as smelly animals best avoided. But that tell-tale scent makes writer Jill Sisson Quinn think of love.

Jill Sisson Quinn is a nature writer in Central Wisconsin.

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Daily Bread:

Unexpected gifts often come in the midst of our daily chores. Writer Jill Sisson Quinn tells us what she — and her dog — found on their daily walks.

Jill Sisson Quinn is a nature writer in Central Wisconsin.

Indigenous:

The Midwest is sometimes called the Third Coast or the Fresh Coast because of our Great Lakes. Writer Jill Sisson Quinn reflects on her own confusion over the bodies of water that surround us.

Jill Sisson Quinn is a nature writer and teacher in Central Wisconsin.

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Coyotes:

Coyotes can be found – or at least heard – in every county in Wisconsin. Writer Jill Sisson Quinn sometimes hears them howl as she walks her dog. It got her thinking about her place and that of her dog in the natural order of the world.

Jill Sisson Quinn is a nature writer and teacher in Central Wisconsin.

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Earth Day - Plants:

Sunday is Earth Day, a day for appreciating and thinking about our natural environment. Writer Jill Sisson Quinn brought a little nature into her classroom with a few potted plants. What happened to those plants got her thinking about how we treat the planet.

Jill Sisson Quinn is a nature writer and teacher in Central Wisconsin.

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Metaphors:

The New Year reminds us that the Earth is also beginning something new — a new journey around the sun. Writer Jill Sisson Quinn reflects on our experience of the Earth’s rotation and the words we choose to describe that passage.

Commentator Jill Sisson Quinn is a nature writer and teacher in Central Wisconsin.

Dog Walk in the Dark:

Darkness descends earlier and earlier in Wisconsin as fall slowly gives way to winter. And with that loss of light, night seems to take on a character of its own. Writer Jill Sisson Quinn tells us how the dark transforms sound.

Commentator Jill Sisson Quinn is a nature writer and teacher in Central Wisconsin.