By Dr. Bruce Smith ——Bio and Archives--April 22, 2025

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Some years the seasons are all about the same length here in the Heartland. When we’re lucky like that, then we have time to tire of each one just enough to feel a new awakening when the next one begins. This year is no exception. Winter had a couple of severe cold snaps so that I huddled for days in and out of the house. I love winter, but I was pleasantly surprised a couple of weeks ago when the chorus frogs and peepers brought me out of my dull weather November-to-February blues.

Drab winter colors still dominated the landscape then, but the high-pitched croaking promised Spring was on the way.

We had another cold spell before temperatures moderated. Over the second week we had two major storm systems, big ol’ commas that slid overhead in such a way that we had hours of rain each time. In the course of six days we had over seven inches of rain. The creeks and rivers all burst out of their banks, with the White River actually rising into major flood stage, only four feet shy of the........

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