Image by Daniel Reche from Pixabay BY: RACHEL WUMKES I know you’ve seen the sign-up information. But you’re dragging your feet, right? Should I do it? Can I do it? Trust me, I know all the things flitting through your mind. The negativity or uncertainty that swirls around, preventing you from pulling the trigger and...
Our blog post for today is from guest writer, Jim Sholly from the CLEAR Project. Welcome, Jim! And thank you for inspiring us all on this celebration of Earth Day! BY: JIM SHOLLY – CLEAR Project Earth Day in Clear Lake has historically been marked by outward efforts to “clean up” our neighborhoods and shorelines in the...
Image by ejaugsburg from Pixabay BY: RACHEL WUMKES With so many events and activities around the country being cancelled or postponed due to the global pandemic, there’s one still on the books in April. It will just look a tad different than in other years. Earth Day is all systems GO! Well, most systems, anyway....
BY: RACHEL WUMKES As we turn the calendar to April this morning, it's hard to look at the mostly empty page. All the ‘ahead of time’ plans now have a big red X through them, cancelling all the planned fun and organized activities. There’s not a whole lot to look forward to, really. Except there’s still one thing left...
BY: RACHEL WUMKES As I sit here in my office, attempting to shake the foggy pile of cobwebs from my tired brain after our family getaway to St. Louis over Spring Break, it dawned on me how quickly the season of Spring is barreling upon us. When we left, the ground was covered in snow. Piles of it, actually. And now, I...
BY: RACHEL WUMKES With pages of scribbled notes about many upcoming, fun events in Clear Lake, I decided to go a different route this morning. There’s something about the Winter weather that makes me long for Spring. The sloppy, wet piles of snow. The gray skies and frigid cold. Seriously… I’m so over it! Seasons are a...
photocredit: lanl.gov BY: RACHEL SMITH It’s no surprise Clear Lake puts on one heck of an Earth Day celebration. I’ve never lived in a place with so much pride and respect for a town by the locals. It’s beautiful. So what can you do to get involved? Well, there are a lot of ways, actually! Winter tends to leave behind a...
