Sep 29, 2014
Sep 21, 2014
11 Tips for Avoiding Casting Scams
Backstage
Casting scams are common in our communities because there is always a new batch of naive young people who want to be stars.
Sep 15, 2014
Talking to Sandhill Cranes in Janesville
Sandhill cranes are fairly social birds that usually live in pairs or family groups through the year. During migration and winter, non-related cranes come together to form "survival groups" which forage and roost together. Such groups often congregate at migration and winter sites, sometimes in the thousands.--Wikipedia
Sep 14, 2014
Sep 8, 2014
Bill Stokes: Everywhere, the young
His writing is reminiscent of Mark Twain and there is a lot of sparkle in his 82-year-old eyes. Bill Stokes was an outdoor writer for the Milwaukee Journal and Chicago Tribune. His newspaper days are over, but thankfully he is working on two new books
Sep 1, 2014
Bill Stokes and the wind
Glen Loyd recently spent time with 82-year-old Bill Stokes, Wisconsin's most famous outdoor writer. When the Chicago Tribune hired him, Stokes told the whole midwest about the beauty of the Wisconsin. Bill was with the Trib for ten years, retiring in 1994 at the age of 63. Currently he is writing two books. This is Glen's third video with Bill. The final one comes next week.
Aug 25, 2014
Bill Stokes on Horicon Marsh .
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82-year-old Bill Stokes is Wisconsin's most famous outdoor writer. He was hired away from the Milwaukee Journal to become a columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
One of Stokes' Tribune articles told Midwest readers about the major rivers in Wisconsin, including our Rock River. He also wrote a series about paddling the Rock River from its origins north of Horicon Marsh.
Stokes told me about the trip and read from his book entitled, "The River Is Us," a collection of nature essays he wrote for the Chicago Tribune's OPED page.
Aug 17, 2014
Aug 16, 2014
Bill Stokes at home
Glen Loyd talks to 82-year-old Bill Stokes who made a career out of writing about outdoor Wisconsin. Stokes has written six books including "The River Is Us", and coauthored three more including "Wisconsin's Rustic Roads." And stokes was a columnist for the Wisconsin State Journal, Milwaukee Journal, and the Chicago Tribune. He's now working on two more books: a novel and a career memoir.
Aug 15, 2014
Aug 11, 2014
Great Blue Herons Rule Rock River
Some great blue herons stay year-round on the Rock River, but last winter's harsh temperatures drove virtually all of them south. The monster birds are back now entertaining boaters and bird watchers.
Aug 10, 2014
Aug 2, 2014
Eagles as common as robins?
Bob Anderson of the Raptor Resource Project in Decorah, Iowa tracks an eagle to the Polar Circle and speculates on the growing eagle popluations of Iowa and Wisconsin.
Aug 1, 2014
Jul 27, 2014
Wisconsin consumer writes to me about a grandpa scam he didn't fall for
Hi Glen.
Scammer called saying he was a grandson of mine. Said he had gotten drunk,
ended up in Florida, had an accident and could I help.
Red flag immediately went up and I asked to talk to his lawyer, asked him
for a contact number but phone beeped and that was that.