Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.” - Novalis  Everyone knew Spring would make it here. It just seemed to take a little longer this year. After the last big snowstorm though it did seem to suddenly be making a lot more progress, ushering in the small leaves of aspen and ...

HOUGHTON — More than half of the 836 U.S. species of migratory birds are in decline. Since 1970, U.S. songbirds have declined 30%, which is almost 3 billion birds gone. Seventy-eight species are now considered as threatened while 14 are listed as endangered. These sobering statistics, ...

It’s a strange world we live in, especially in the developed world, where things like reliable availability of electricity are expected. If the lights go out, we humans react in various ways. For some of us, we may not have noticed the lights went out, or much of anything else, if we still ...

By CHRISTIE MASTRIC Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — The specialized bicycle situated outside Bruce Closser’s south Marquette home soon could be part of a world record-breaking journey. Closser, at age 78, plans to become the oldest person to ride a bike across the United States, having ...

“They say hope it springs eternal in a young man’s breast and every time you turn around they’re puttin’ it to the test,” – Steve Forbert As I looked up the slope, I could see snow on the ground had slowly receded into a narrow and thin, irregular shape of cold, white ...

“C’est la vie say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell,” – Chuck Berry There’s a wet, wooden post at the edge of a fallow field where a blackbird sits. The post is positioned at a corner, and it holds up two rusted strands of barbed-wire fencing. The blackbird’s ...