JIM’S THIS & THAT January 2018: Happy New Year! Take a look inside for… 1. Links to community calendars … and including … 2. News You Can Use: articles, activities, and resources 3. Area organizations & locations for eco-recreation & education *** And suddenly you know: It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings. Meister Eckhart *** Jim’s This & That is a personal communication, begun by avid naturalist Jim Varnum, which strives to fulfill Jim’s vision of connecting individuals interested in the natural… Read More →

JIM’S THIS & THAT, December 2017 Take a look inside for… 1. Links to community calendars … and including … 2. News You Can Use: articles, activities, and resources 3. Area organizations & locations for eco-recreation & education *** The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of science. Those who know it not, and can no longer wonder and no longer feel amazement, are as good as dead. We all had this priceless talent when we… Read More →

JIM’S THIS & THAT, November 2017 Take a look inside for… 1. Links to community calendars … and including … 2. News You Can Use: articles, activities, and resources 3. Area organizations & locations for eco-recreation & education *** It is not only by the questions we have answered that progress may be measured, but also by those we are still asking. The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we seek as well as what we find.    (Freda… Read More →

JIM’S THIS & THAT, October 2017 Take a look inside for… 1. Links to community calendars … and including … 2. News You Can Use: articles, activities, and resources 3. Area organizations & locations for eco-recreation & education *** What’s the ratio of a pumpkin’s circumference to its diameter? Pumpkin Pi   1. LINKS TO COMMUNITY CALENDARS: 1.    https://public.ntmn.org/calendar (A calendar of events across the Metroplex, compiled by the North Texas Master Naturalists) 2.    https://www.greensourcedfw.org/calendar (The GreenSource DFW Environmental News & Community Resource)   2. NEWS YOU CAN… Read More →