This past week, the Air Quality Index in Duluth reached at least 1134 even as the temperature on Laura's front porch exceeded 100ºF. This situation is terrifying.

Laura talks about an exceptionally friendly bird and why it's hard for her to remember its name.

The summer of 1991, Laura and her children raised four baby Blue Jays, embedding the little things deeply in Laura's heart.

On our nation's birthday, Laura is thinking about our right to free speech and our obligation to exercise it.

Two different California governors, a Republican and a Democrat, did their best to protect California Condors from the scourge of lead ammo. The Obama and Biden administrations did their best to at least protect wildlife on some national wildlife refuges, but in both cases, the Trump administration reversed their actions.

Wildlife suffer much more than humans do from the lead hunters and anglers use.

The lead in the shot and bullets fired at shooting ranges and by hunters harms human beings. Laura explains how.

Within days of the start taking office in his first administration, Donald Trump rescinded an Obama administration rule outlawing lead ammo and tackle on all national wildlife refuges. The Biden administration created a new rule outlawing the use of lead by hunters and anglers in just 8 national wildlife refuges, but now the Trump administration is reversing that. This week Laura discusses the issue in depth, starting today with how lead has been used in human history.

Blue Jays have figured prominently in Laura's family life for many decades.

Ludwig the Blue Jay taught Laura a lot of important lessons.