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We have reached the quiet time of the year. Lake Tomah has frozen over, the trees are bare, and the songbirds have fled Wisconsin for warmer climes south.  The Advent season has begun, Christmas tree lights are alit all over … Continue reading →

Wife, Ann, and I had a very fine time at the Saturday November 8 Craft Fair at  Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on LaGrange Ave in Tomah. We sold and signed about 25 books, both our newest science book Ask A … Continue reading →

We are coming to Seneca. The book Seneca Seasons: A Farm Boys Remembers is available from Amazon.com or directly from me, the author, or you can attend any one of the upcoming book signings. We’ve had 2 so far, at … Continue reading →

The book Seneca Seasons: A Farm Boys Remembers is finally out. It is the memoir of my growing up on the Crawford County farm, 2 miles from Seneca, in the southwest Wisconsin. I was born in 1942 on a rental … Continue reading →

QUESTION: Why was Earth chosen to have living things on it? ANSWER: Five good reasons! First, Earth has water, the most essential ingredient for life. Earth is the perfect distance from the Sun for water to exist in all three … Continue reading →

QUESTION: How does a black hole work? ANSWER:             A black hole is what is left over when a massive star has run out of fuel and collapsed. Why does that happen?             There are two main, competing processes that … Continue reading →

  I continue to write a weekly science column for the Tomah Journal and 2 newspaper in Juneau County are running some columns, soon to be joined by the Prairie du Chien Courier Press. The following question came from a … Continue reading →

It’s been a busy but beautiful summer for the Scheckels in Tomah, Wisconsin. Ann and I have been doing two-a-week science presentations in Wilton, Gays Mills, Tomah, Warrens, Mauston, and environs. Many of these are part of summer library reading … Continue reading →

Ann and I have been on the road the past two days, doing science demonstrations to kids as part of their summer reading program. On Monday, it was down to Wilton where the librarian, Gina Rae hired us to do … Continue reading →

QUESTION: Why is asbestos bad for a person? ANSWER: Asbestos is a generic term for a group of natural occurring minerals that have been mined and used in construction, industry, and the military since the 1880’s. The big advantage to … Continue reading →