by Therese Oldenburg | Mar 1, 2025 | Outdoors and Nature
Why March is a good month to “Hit Repeat” March is such an “in between month”, not quite spring and not quite winter. It’s a tough month to love. But one thing is certain, I’ll always find something new to discover on every walk outdoors. Even in the “brown-ness” of...
by Therese Oldenburg | Feb 3, 2025 | General, Outdoors and Nature
What a difference 24 minutes makes! Several years ago, on the first anniversary of my mother’s passing, I was in one of her favorite places in the world – Manasota Key in Englewood, Florida. I’m not normally an early morning person, but, to honor...
by Therese Oldenburg | Apr 30, 2024 | Outdoors and Nature, Travel
I’ve learned a new way to experience the outdoors and I had to come all the way to the Redwoods National Forest to learn how. From now on, I’m going to saunter through the woods, not “hike”. Why? I was inspired by a writing I stumbled upon...
by Therese Oldenburg | Jan 19, 2024 | History, Outdoors and Nature
Nature At The Confluence Legacy Trees are Eastern Cottonwoods Nature At The Confluence is an environmental learning center in South Beloit, IL, right on the border of Beloit, Wisconsin. I was the founding executive director at this beautiful space which was built on a...
by Therese Oldenburg | Jan 19, 2024 | Outdoors and Nature
The new year gives us a chance to start with a fresh calendar and toss out the old one. But, what if the information you collected in that calendar was vital to your survival? People have always observed and noted the timing of natural events. Early people knew when...
by Therese Oldenburg | Jun 19, 2023 | Outdoors and Nature
I experienced Turtle Creek a whole new way the other day. It was an unusually hot September day, around 90 degrees, the water had warmed up and my son asked me to accompany him while he walked the creek and fished. When you’re college-aged son wants to hang out with...
