The America River Roots Festival and the words of Mark Twain helped me rediscover a bit of boyhood on the river.

2025 was definitely a year that met the chronological requirement of being 365 days. Only it felt much longer.

On October 10-11, 2024, the Northern Lights made another spectacular and spectral appearance across the United States. This time, I wasn’t going to miss it.

I return with a more serious attempt at the 10-minute deep dive challenge, along with an example for you to try.

Do I have what it takes to do the 10-Minute Museum Challenge? Read my first fake entry here.

The one year anniversary of “Illuminating Nature” is September 17, 2025. Here’s a little backstory as to its creation (with some creative liberties, of course!)