by Nicole Ozment + Linda Oeffling | Sep 14, 2016 | midwestern words & images
Forest Bathing Linda returned recently from her annual camping trip to the north woods, wet tent and muddy kayak in tow. This year it was to the Upper Peninsula, Michigan, to the Pictured Rocks lake shore. Maybe it doesn’t seem to make sense that hauling a...read more
by Nicole Ozment + Linda Oeffling | Dec 25, 2015 | midwestern words & images
Since this past fall, Nicole has been doing her hair in a French braid. Growing up, her mother would do her hair, and continued to do it even as Nicole entered high school. It seemed sitting there half asleep in the bathroom was enough to pass the craft along, and...read more
by Nicole Ozment + Linda Oeffling | Dec 17, 2015 | midwestern words & images
We have gotten involved this year in an exciting event that promises to be breathtaking and beautiful. Nicole’s across-the-street neighbor, Jill Augustine, is all about tradition. Her favorite day of the year is the day after Thanksgiving because it is the official...read more
by Nicole Ozment + Linda Oeffling | Aug 11, 2015 | midwestern words & images
Linda was in Appleton, Wisconsin last weekend, and took this photo of bugs flitting around a light outside of Fratellos Riverfront Restaurant. We didn’t realize how “Midwestern” this photo was until Nicole mentioned that you would never see this kind...read more
by Nicole Ozment + Linda Oeffling | Apr 28, 2014 | midwestern words & images
International Migratory Bird Day is celebrated each year, and this year a celebratory event at Glacial Park in Ringwood, IL caught Linda’s interest. She brought her camera and captured some of the event, where service staff at the park set up mist nets to...read more
