5 things Gary, Indiana and Costa Rica have in common A view of the block where Andrew Means had a contractor company that built quality...

In what I hope can be a regular conversation, I got to speak for a second time with Korry Shepard about his ideas for how to address food...

When we give money, we are saying that the world of money is what we value. A few valuable things that aren't money: notes from your...

The water was drained, but I don't believe that all was lost. Around 80 of the 35,000 sandhill cranes stopping over in what used to be...

Also published on the Indiana University Healthy IU website, which you can find here. A demonstration plot at Christ Lutheran Church in...

A better future is within reach, and one local coffee roaster is leading the way through the direct purchase of high quality specialty...

My first post on New Backwater was on August 8, 2020. On this last week of the first year, I look back, and look ahead. Soooo many...

Need a road map? Pick up some reading on your intended topic in order to help you find your way. Finding his way with an actual map....

When I am not sure how to handle change, I go to my toolkit. Here, a study I did in my neighborhood in Costa Rica to pass the time...

Beyond my sleep-stealing babies, I have been thinking about fatigue and solidarity related to other events, both long-term and current. I...

It's time for the Great Backyard Bird Count (Feb 12-15, 2021). I'll be spending at least 15 minutes during that time looking for birds...

Announcing an exciting new partnership with Pri Montano, my friend and amazing home chef / Anunciando una nueva asociación emocionante...

Sandhill cranes travel hundreds of miles, but they stop (by the tens of thousands) to socialize, eat, and rest. You and I can go far,...

There’s one issue that has connected our backwater regions for decades, and it hasn’t become less challenging for justice and...

Small blips in the global economy can have big impacts in rural areas and developing countries. Sugar being harvested (left) in...

In times of crisis, women’s projects go beyond creative solutions to survival strategies for themselves and their families. Members of...

Trice sees gardening as offering simple tools of our past, like time in nature, heirloom varieties, and community connection as solutions...

What happens when we look back in history and check the record, the monitoring, that has been done? We might find glimmers of clues as to...

In this blog I hope to reflect for myself and share with you some of what I have experienced and learned in all of these marvelous...