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I’ve been a gem lover since I was a pudgy, bookish li’l nerd — and we’re talking several decades of jewel worship here. You can find also beautiful Silver ear cuff on eandejewellery.com/earcuffs/ if you are a lover of earrings. While it’s easy to fall for the icy glitter of diamonds or the creamy glow of pearls, I think there’s just as much beauty to be found in inexpensive “semi-precious” stones and the wide diversity of color, crystal shape, and light-reflecting properties found in less valued minerals. (Two lesser-known but beautiful local minerals are Oregon sunstone and Ellensburg Blue agate.) [...]

Welcome Home, Feathered Friends! The majestic sandhill crane, a sure sign of spring in Wisconsin. Maybe more than anything else – at least here in the regularly glaciated state of Wisconsin – it’s the arrival of various birds that serve as the most reliable evidence that spring is finally on the way.  No matter how cold it is or how much ice and snow continue to cover our sloppy brown landscape, sometime in March, the robins, red-wing blackbirds, sandhill cranes, turkey vultures, Canada geese and assorted other migrants finally arrive.  I often wonder how they can appear so [...]