Posts tagged nature

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.

Photo by NDomer73

Wisconsin’s Natural Splendor:

You don’t have to tell many Wisconsinites that we live in a beautiful place. Writer Larry Watson reflects on the splendor around us both common and rare.

Larry Watson is an award-winning writer and the author of several novels, including American Boy and Montana 1948.

Photo by Peter Patau.

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.

Photo by jibber11.

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.