ICE MAIDENS

Water Closet for August 29, 2014 Juanita, an Inca girl, is permanently cold yet warm in appearance. Mountaineers Johan Reinhard and Miguel Zarate found her near the top of Peruvian mountain Ampato, a god to her sacrificers.  Ampato is one of many gods in the Andes; a...
IT ALL FLOWS DOWNHILL (PART II)

IT ALL FLOWS DOWNHILL (PART II)

Water Closet for August 22, 2014   IT ALL FLOWS DOWNHILL (PART II) by Arthur McKee1 (Ecologist McKee’s Part I of this essay ended here last week after listing some of the many successes arising from the Clean Water Act. Here in part II he resumes.) There are some...
IT ALL FLOWS DOWNHILL

IT ALL FLOWS DOWNHILL

Water Closet for August 15, 2014 IT ALL FLOWS DOWNHILL By Arthur McKee1 In May of this year, I spent about a week in my home state of Vermont visiting family and old friends.  The harsh winter had dragged on into a cold spring with late snowmelt and delayed leaf out. ...
MAINE, LAND OF LAKES AND WILDLIFE

MAINE, LAND OF LAKES AND WILDLIFE

Water Closet for August 8, 2014 Minnesotans used to boast on their vehicle license plates that they lived in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.  Maine, one time part of Massachusetts is said to have 6000 lakes and ponds1 and 3,500 miles of tidal coastline.  An old Stream...