Cooler weather is about more than just the sweaters. True, we do hear a lot about sweater weather in the fall --how it gets colder, but how in some ways ...

Yes, I've shared this before, but recent SRIs (Sock Related Incidents) compel me to revisit the topic with readers. ---------- How many socks have you ...

When I was a history major at Yale, I took a class with renowned Cold War historian John Gaddis. The great professor has written and taught about the conflict ...

q I first embraced the bird-watching hobby thanks to the red- bellied woodpeckers I saw in Iowa City. Returning to Iowa after 15 COVID-influenced months in ...

One question: Is 'lefty loosey, righty tighty' one of Newton's laws of motion? --------- Most things were pristine when I moved into my new house here in ...

My student was anxious. He'd waited in the rain to talk to me, pacing up and down outside the cafe window while I finished my scheduled meeting with another ...

They say April showers bring May flowers. However, new evidence suggests the relationship between April showers and May flowers is significantly more complex ...

Have you ever considered taking a bunch of vegetables you don't really like to eat, putting them in a blender, reducing them to goop, then liberally imbibing ...

Last week, I wrote about a Canada goose that had taken over an osprey nest above Roy Peck Field in Riverton. I was torn between my love for this industrious ...

There's a Canada goose nesting in an osprey nest at Roy Peck Field in Riverton. It's made me question my allegiances. First of all: A goose in an osprey ...

This is an ode to the patience of plants, our most moderate of citizens. Spring beckons us all this April. We are lured out, bare-armed and blinking, to a ...

My school teachers lifted me I consider myself pretty well off in life. That isn't to say I'm wealthy. Far from it. Being a public educator has never been a ...

"Follow your dreams." It's a common enough saying--so common indeed that it's become a cliche. This is our way of encouraging people to do what they want to ...

By Robert H. Peck For The Ranger In the spirit of the season, please enjoy this holiday light driving tour of homes and businesses around Riverton. There ...

It can happen to anyone. At first, I thought I was immune. Or at least that I could become that way, with practice and time. Then, as the days went by and ...

I'm spending some time in Chicago right now, and it makes me think --as so many things do -- about pizza. I feel somewhat distant from the pizza debates my ...

q Proper candy selection is of vital importance to Halloween, and it isn't as simple as going for the cheapest bulk item available. It's the most ...

Halloween is the best holiday, as I've explained in this space at least once before now. I've made my case, and I've made it well. Don't argue with ...

When the COVID outbreak began last March, I had not yet taken down my Christmas tree. Obviously, this is an embarrassing revelation. IR00;know. I should have ...

As I learn again and again when I come and go from Wyoming, it is hard to beat the charms of a western state. I am back in Iowa after five months in ...

Over the years, our cars accrue small defects: dents or scratches, strange pulling to the left, a sequence of electronic failures that can only be overcome by ...

Over the years, our cars accrue small defects: dents or scratches, strange pulling to the left, a sequence of electronic failures that can only be overcome by ...

I'm so glad Colorado Rockies baseball is back. But I feel a little guilty about that. The players, people I admire, are putting themselves at risk just for ...

I took a walk down to a pond near my house this week and found some ducks. They were enormous (for ducks), lounging by the side of the pond and looking ...

I'm a proponent in this space of going out and looking at birds during the day. Regular readers don't need to be told this. This time, I'm suggesting that you ...

You've heard of a green thumb. I have what I would describe as a beige thumb. Or maybe a mildly chartreuse thumb. It certainly isn't green, but green is ...

Among the litany of business reopenings and other economic and public health easings we are seeing, there are few which can practically be considered ...