Flowers & the Fibonacci Sequence

Flowers & the Fibonacci Sequence By Cat Haglund Broadcast 1999, 2.2002, 5.2016, 5.3 & 5.6.2023   Listen:   It’s summer, and wildflowers are dotting the hillsides and forests. You might find yourself plucking petals off those flowers, trying to...

Of Driftwood and Journeys

Of Driftwood and Journeys by Anna McNairy Broadcast 2.2002, 5.2014, 4.26 & 4.29.2023   Listen:   You can find piles of it around any lake in Western Montana. Sturdy, dry, bleached white by the sun and plentiful, these bits of driftwood have undergone a...

Sandhill Spring

Sandhill Spring By Claire Voris Broadcast 4.19 & 4.22.2023   Listen:   I cannot see the cranes this morning, but I can hear them. They are somewhere in the basin of the valley where the yellow, cow-cropped grasses end and the thicket around the water...

The Mighty Wren

The Mighty Wren By Tami Brunk Broadcast 4.2003, 5.2015, 4.5 & 4.8.2023   Listen:   I was sunning myself on a large boulder along the snowy banks of the Lochsa River, absorbing warmth and the scent of red cedar, when an abrupt call: “check! check! check!”...

Bears and Birdfeeders

Bears and Birdfeeders By Ed Monnig Broadcast 4.2013, 5.2018, 3.29 & 4.1.2023     Listen:   My wife Jackie and I live on the edge of the city. We share our lot with wildlife whose space we have intruded. Deer fertilize our lawns. They congregate here...