Springcreekland —by Joe Scheidler

Musings from the heartland. Essays with an ecological perspective (generally).

Monday, July 3, 2023

Listening for Loons

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We were in Canada a couple weeks ago at a place we’ve enjoyed for 24 years: a small cabin on a remote river once used by the voyageurs. It h...
Wednesday, May 24, 2023

A Good Casserole for a Better World

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Dinner tonight is a casserole that starts with a mass of chopped kale and spinach, lightly salted and wilted in a hot skillet.  A pound of p...
Tuesday, April 18, 2023

A City Then and Now

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We drove to Indy the other day and were taken aback by all the construction.  New housing, cleared woodlands, new pipelines, improved roadwa...
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

All Hail Patagonia!

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March arrived with sunshine and warm southerly breezes but then had second thoughts. Within a week the peepers and turtles crawled back in t...
Tuesday, February 21, 2023

When So Much Seems So Right

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In early January, rainfall in California led to historic flooding as storm systems lined up across the Pacific and brought wave after wave o...
Thursday, November 24, 2022

A Roadkill and a Dream of a Better World

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The call came after dark on a cold and rainy November evening: there was a road-killed deer south of town, ours for the taking. When we arri...
Wednesday, November 16, 2022

A Connecting Thread

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We are driving 650 miles north, to a cabin in the Algoma wilderness. For 23 years it’s been our escape from the routine, a place of solitude...
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