Deborah Edwards-Oñoro 
One of my favorite stories I read this week was a post by Mike Dickison, a zoologist and active Wikipedian from New Zealand who helps with the weekly radio broadcast Critter of the Week (100,000 listeners!).
Dickison posted on Mastodon about a recent radio episode featuring Psylla frodobagginsi, an insect known as the hobbit kōwhai psyllid.
Continue reading What I Learned About Wikipedia and Psylla frodobagginsi
With clear blue skies, bright sunshine, and temperatures in the low 70’s (Farenheit), you couldn’t have asked for a better day for our township to hold the official outdoors naming ceremony for Zibiwés Nature Area.
Formerly known as Patriot Park, the nature area is a favorite birding and hiking location for me as well as other outdoor enthusiasts.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Zibiwés Nature Area Naming Ceremony
Cleaning out old file folders I found a paper copy of the journal from my first Habitat for Humanity Detroit volunteer experience: a weeklong volunteer activity at the Archer/McNamara Blitz Build 1997.
I forgot about my journal (it’s been over 25 years), but remembered how excited I was to publish updates each day on the church website (which I managed) as part of mission outreach to our congregation.
Sadly, I only found the printout of day 4 of the blitz build.
Continue reading Habitat for Humanity Detroit: Archer/McNamara Blitz Build 1997