Inspire(d) Ideas

By Aryn Henning Nichols Originally published in the very first Inspire(d) Magazine, October 2007 Things are born. Life cycles. You live. You die. But somewhere…

Call your mother. She worries. It’s embroidered on pillows and etched into our brains. And with mother’s day coming up, you probably should. Call her,…

March 1, 2016. An Inspire(d) Manifesto (of sorts): Inspire(d) Media started officially in October of 2007, but the idea was planted in my head long…

Things to Do This Valentine’s Day Whether the Groundhog saw his shadow or not on February 2nd, odds are it will still be cold outside this…

Science, You’re Super: Hibernation! By Aryn Henning Nichols • Originally published in the Winter 2014-15 Inspire(d) Winter. Gah! Lots of us want to just burrow…

Five Science-y Reasons to stop giving winter the side-eye. Love and hate ride such a thin line, right? Let’s embrace it and try to love…

By Aryn Henning Nichols • Photo by Joyce Meyer Photography Originally published in the Fall 2012 Inspire(d) It’s a familiar fall scene: you hear the…

Why do leaves turn colors in the fall? By Benji Nichols • Originally published in the Fall 2011 Inspire(d) Magazine As you well know, we…

Text & Infographic by Aryn Henning Nichols Fall in the Driftless Region should be called fall in love with the Driftless Region. It’s beautiful not only…

Ever wondered what falls into the gourd family? How about the history of gourds? We wondered! The result, was, of course, an infographic! Enjoy!

(And other holometabolic insects…) Beautiful photos by Joyce Meyer Photography! By Aryn Henning Nichols • Originally published in the Spring 2014 Inspire(d) Many of you…

By Aryn Henning Nichols • Photo by Evan Sowder Originally published in the Summer 2015 Inspire(d) There’s always been a buzz around bees. Okay…it’s a…