Springcreekland —by Joe Scheidler

It was drizzling rain the morning of March 5. We’d hoped for more than a drizzle, considering the pond is 20 inches low and we’re in a sever...

In 1987, space philosopher Frank White coined a term to describe how astronauts think about Earth and life after viewing our planet from out...

It’s cold. The mercury didn’t break the single digits today. We strapped on skis and took a couple laps around the north field.  My breath f...

While I slept a new year rolled in, but it was nothing the earth hadn’t seen billions of times before.  Most of the living didn’t celebrate....

I walk with our dog Ouiser through an old goat pasture pockmarked with gopher mounds. She walks gingerly, stiff-legged, like crossing a mine...

We packed the truck and travel trailer and pointed the wheels west. It’s an annual excursion, spurred by two sons living on the West Coast. ...

I was recently asked to read some of my essays at The People’s Social , a local winery. It was a good event from my perspective, proving tha...