Along the banks of the Platte River, about 150 miles west of Omaha, Nebraska, there is a staging area for a migration pattern that has been taking place since the beginning of time. The Sandhill Crane, a bird for which fossil evidence dates back over nine million years, gathers along the Platte after wintering in [...]
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Close Encounters of the Western Kind
Yes, we’re officially home and have spent the last couple of days unpacking, doing laundry, and hanging out in the home office. Yay! There’s so much work to do! While Pete is the professional photographer in this duo, I take photos while we travel, too. This trip I was using my Canon Powershot (I think [...]
Where Corn is King
And The Corn Palace Celebrates Its Majesty Farms in corn country are looking especially tidy these days. Flush with cash from ethanol subsidies, Midwestern farmers are enjoying a feast-ly economy from high land values which they can leverage into improvements. This economic boon has been steadily growing for over six years. In 2006, an Iowa [...]
A New Chick in the Neighborhood
When the nesting pontoon went in earlier this year, we were hopeful that the pair of loons anxiously awaiting its installation would reward us in short order with an egg. That they did, but it subsequently disappeared from the nest, a victim of nocturnal foul play by an unidentified predator. Mother Nature can be cruel. [...]
Plentiful Pumpkins
I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. – Henry David Thoreau Autumn wouldn’t be complete without pumpkins at our house. This year, Pete’s vegetable garden was designed to need as little attention as possible. That meant the majority of it was devoted [...]
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Peter and Betsy Wuebker are location-independent professionals who share what they know about travel, simplicity and integrating work with life. 