Month: November 2020
Building 500 Ships in Just Over a Year
Imagine a ship over a football field and a half long and sixty-two feet wide. Now imagine you need to build over 500 of them…
It’s Thanksgiving at Berkley Plantation
You may have thought Thanksgiving dates back to the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony in today’s state of Massaschusettes. But, in a moment we’ll travel to…
Celebrating Thanksgiving at Plymouth Rock
Each Thanksgiving we are likely to remember the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock. But is that rock really the spot they disembarked?
The Life of a Fishing Guide
When you are a fishing guide in North Dakota, you better know how to ice fish, because that’s what half of your season may require. …
Perch the Size of Footballs
When I did the interview that you will hear today, I thought I was in for a big fish story. In fact, I was told…
In Search of That Big Fish
You’ve heard the cliché about being a big fish in a little pond. Well, Zippy knows a lot about fishes of all sizes, and the…
A Growing Lake
Imagine a lake where just a few feet in rising water creates large amounts of new water acreage. In fact, rising water here means lakes…
Named For an Accident from Centuries Ago
The name of this body of water is foreboding. A name derived from an accident that took place centuries ago. Yet, today it is a…
Making An Impact
Most of us give to charities. Some of those organizations may be local, but many are national or even global. One town began to focus…
One of the Mightiest Towns in the Land
There are 340 residents in Shickley, Nebraska. If you count up all the folks living in the local school district, you get just over 600. …