The Journal Pioneer

It was sobering to watch satellite imagery and video footage of Florence. ...

I’m always saying that nature is one giant classroom and it is, but you can find little science lessons indoors, too, in everyday things like cooking and baking. Some food is more finicky that others: take meringues, for example. Personally, ...

I am a farm girl. While I do love the water, I have to say, I am a landlubber. Last weekend I was thrilled to be a guest onboard the Paladin, a lovely sailboat owned by Stuart MacTavish. A few friends gathered just before noon on ...

By now you know how much I love clouds. They are beautiful and can teach us a lot about what’s happening overhead. The same applies if you’re above the cloud, looking down! Have you ever been flying over a cloud deck and noticed what ...

With a few clear days and nights ahead of us, I thought I would take a moment to talk about the moon and answer a great question I received from Elizabeth Frank.  “Why is it that when you see the moon rise in the summer shortly after ...

If someone said, “Ratting on your goofy brother is vulgar,” what would they be talking about? Minding your manners? Maybe, but they might also be talking about rainbows. When you line up the first letter of each word, you get the ...

Some parts of our region have not received much rain this summer. One day last week following a heavy downpour, the first in a good while, “Swiggy” tweeted this interesting question: “Just drove in the downpour, and no matter ...

Is there anything more soothing than listening to a songbird in the yard?  When I was young, I thought “bird watching” was for retired people.  I’m sorry I didn’t pay attention sooner.  The other day I got an ...

Yesterday I wrote about the link between our changing weather and the alarming increase in the number of forest fires.  It’s heart-wrenching to watch those wildfires burn. Did you know that depending on the materials being burned and ...

Last week was a busy one in the weather centre: heat warnings were in place but it was the severe thunderstorm watches and warnings that kept me hopping! As a cold front pushed down on the very warm, humid air mass, the clouds started to pop! As the ...