Two local stories lately seemed like driftless area fodder. First, some residents in Antioch, near the Illinois-Wisconsin border, are against a shopping center that will skirt the shores of a glacial lake. The shopping complex would sit beside Little Silver Lake, formed when glaciers receded thousands of years ago. Antioch is in the growing exurban section of Chicagoland, where undeveloped stretches of prairie and forest are being plowed under for McMansions and malls.
Second, a 29-year-old Illinois man was killed in Wisconsin while deer hunting. The cause was an accidental discharge while tracking a wounded deer. Also in that story is an account of a grandfather shooting a grandson after mistaking him for a deer. Grim stories for sure, but the dangers of hunting are always so scary. It is an endeavor where things can go horribly awry very quickly. There is no such thing as a minor hunting accident.
After these two anecdotes, a few positives to be thankful for: today's dusting of snow on the North Side of Chicago, the downy woodpecker I heard in our alley today and the golden maples leaves strewn all over our street in recent days.
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