Author Archives: Linda McGurk

Five Fun Nature Learning Activities

Last year I did a forest school series that was widely popular. These nature learning...

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What (Nearly) Three Weeks Without Wi-Fi Looks Like

It’s been quiet around here, and with good reason. Every year, the girls and I...

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How to Celebrate the Summer Solstice

In Scandinavia, where I was born and raised, the summer solstice, or Midsummer as it’s...

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When Nature Is Off-Limits – Thoughts on My Run-in with the Law at a Nature Preserve

Last week I wrote about being fined for letting my kids play in a creek...

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I Let My Kids Play in a Creek. Now I Have a Court Date.

At 3:45 pm on May 25, 2015, my husband and I committed a crime according...