BY ANDREW MORKES, FOUNDER AND AUTHOR OF NATURE IN CHICAGOLAND I wrote many stories about nature destinations in 2024, but I also explored other topics that were near and dear to my heart including writing about family memories, sharing feedback from a first-time trip to Iceland (that article is actually a nature/culture/travelogue combo), contemplating the … Continue reading The Most-Popular Non-Nature Stories at Nature in Chicagoland in 2024
An appreciation of weather forecasting legend Tom Skilling on the day of his retirement. Six Reasons Why I’ll Miss This Chicago Weather Icon.
BY ANDREW MORKES, FOUNDER AND AUTHOR OF NATURE IN CHICAGOLAND Hopping up on my soapbox... We live in a world of Auto-Tune, Pollyannaish social media posts, and Z-list celebrities. A world that’s loaded with people looking the same, acting the same, and often thinking the same (lump me in there at times). Of reality TV- … Continue reading The Importance of Authenticity: On the Eclipse, Tom Skilling, and Being Oneself