Monthly Archives: November 2020

Edgewood Big Spring

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Steve Glass

On a recent morning I ventured down to the north shore of Lake Wingra, below the Edgewood College campus to revisit the Edgewood Big Spring. Also known as the Edgewood Deep Hole, I had not seen the spring in awhile … Continue reading →

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A Podcast Tour of Dancing Sands Spring from Unseen Madison

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Steve Glass

Dancing Sands Spring, just a few hundred yards from Monroe Street is a quiet refuge in the UW-Madison Arboretum. Emerging just southwest the Kenneth Jensen Wheeler Council Ring, the spring’s steady upwelling of sand, bubbles, and water is mesmerizing and … Continue reading →

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America’s Long National Nightmare Is Over!

Posted on November 7, 2020 by Steve Glass

Good luck Joe and Kamala. The country is with you.

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The Greene Prairie Spring Still Flows, Barely

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Steve Glass

UW-Madison Arboretum Madison, WI— Many years ago–in the 1940’s and 1950’s–when Henry C. Greene was planting the prairie restoration project that now bears his name, he hauled, from a nearby spring, buckets full of water to tend thousands of newly-planted … Continue reading →

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