Springcreekland —by Joe Scheidler

May, 2026 I took a swim in the pond, the first of the year. It was good to stretch the joints and muscles, to feel the resistance, to dip ...

May, 2026 Spring has settled in the heartland. The peach tree has set fruit, the seed potatoes have leafy sprouts, asparagus shoots are s...

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...