. Here’s an easy one for your Friday. Click here to head to the Weston Art & Innovation Center survey where you can answer questions about what you like and want from the beautiful old library space that is now the Art & Innovation Center. I filled out my survey this morning and it took less than five minutes. Never
Read more. “Fica a dica” means “here’s some advice” in Portuguese. We’re all getting antsy for spring, are we not? Yes, we are, especially with the snowdrops and crocuses peering around from their spots in our garden beds. Along with this impatience come the dreaded leaf blowers and rakes…and the blowing up of invertebrates and queen bees. So the Owl is
Read more. St. Vincent de Paul of Lincoln & Weston is fairly well known for the food pantry they run and the financial assistance they offer to those of limited means in the two communities. For those residents on our Facebook Community page (and I admire your resilience), you may be familiar with the call-out for food items, as well as
Read more. Today while perusing some gorgeous orchids at the Chicago Botanic Garden (the Owl is visiting the Grand Owl), the bat phone (the strigine phone?) started pinging like crazy. A glance showed a number of messages with rumors of who had applied for the role of Interim Superintendent. Full disclosure: Not me. Other full disclosure: it is not the Owl’s
Read more. Does it feel like the science-y math-y stuff never ends? Well, it doesn’t end and that’s a good thing. Please join the WPS Science Department heads for the K-12 Science & Engineering Community Forum tomorrow, Thursday, March 16, at 8:30 am in the Field School Dining Hall and on Zoom. This is a part of the Science External Review Process, where
Read more. It’s time for the popular game, Where Is It Wednesday! The answer will be posted here and on the WHS Facebook and Instagram accounts on Thursday. Thanks to the Weston Historical Society! +++ Hint – as a young child, he hated the family business of farming and apparently disliked school as he ended his formal education at the age
Read more. On April 5 from 2-4:30 pm, please join the Science Department of Weston High School for a Symposium/Webinar on the Promises and Pitfalls of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Yes, this is the hit topic of the moment and it’s just a matter of time until the Weston Owl is written entirely by AI which will have figured out shortly my
Read more. As posted in the Owl on past occasions, Gwyn Loud’s wonderful newsletter for Lincoln Land Conservation Trust is one of my favorite reads every month. Because March is always hopeful for those of us with crocuses and happy organic yards (do not get me started on lawn pesticides), this is usually my favorite of her monthy newsletters. It’s also
Read more. And now in a continuation of my most favoritest column for the Owl: Things that Make You Say “Hunh?” which I’ll summarize as a look at things that make sense to someone somewhere but not to me. The Owl’s last “Hunh” column is from January 2022 when the state came up with the idea of MBTA Communities which is
Read more. Please note that the Weston Public Library is closed today due to weather. Also, note that the e-library is always open at https://www.westonlibrary.org/eLibrary. This week, a wonderful event at the Weston Public Library is all about quilts. I love quilts. I do not have the patience to make one, but we have a couple of family quilts that are
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