- Sep 4, 2021
Wartime President Failed to Lead
These are the words of a wartime leader: "Now it's our time. We must sacrifice together, because we are all in this together, and we will...
- Jul 27, 2021
Natural Artifacts Tumbling Along Beach
Emerging from Lake Michigan are natural spheres interlaced with debris. These artifacts of surf pounding a dune line are now decaying...
- Dec 20, 2020
Differences In Six-Month Solargraphs
Does one six-month block (December-to-June versus June-to-December) yield better solargraph results than the other? You can compare two...
- Jul 10, 2020
It's About Time
TIME It's about time. Arcs of light trace the diurnal path of the sun for the first six months of 2020. Each curve of the solargraph...
- Jul 1, 2020
What To Do With That 2020 Calendar
Paper calendars took a hit in 2020. Typically, the scribble of spontaneous social gatherings would be wedged between the surety of...
- May 12, 2020
One Image To Capture Six Months of 2020
In late December 2019, several people around South Bend, IN, used duct tape to secure 16-ounce aluminum cans lined with black and white...
- Mar 24, 2020
Astronomical Debt
The US national debt exceeds 23 trillion dollars. That's $23 with twelve zeroes after it. What would $23 trillion look like? At US Debt...
- Nov 20, 2019
Slippery Ice Of Climate Science
When the streets are icy, don't slip and fall on the evidence of climate change. It's underfoot all around you. An amazing NOAA video...
- Nov 3, 2019
High Water on Lake Michigan
High water levels continue to ravage the Lake Michigan shoreline, as October 2019 closed with a gale. Where days earlier there had been...
- Jun 6, 2019
Necks Craned 50 Years Later
While we commemorate the first lunar landing fifty years ago, consider the view from Earth, too. In the United States and around the...
