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Mikala Compton

Reporter · US

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Sep 30, 2026
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Jul 15, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Mikala Compton

    PROSAPIO: Frog in the yard (opens the original)

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    Some time ago I had the lucky opportunity to go on a frog survey. If this sounds glamorous to you, then you are my kind of person. We teamed up with a biologist, got dressed up in muck boots, drove around at night around ponds and weeds, carrying big flashlights and trying to remember if snakes are nocturnal, all while listening to the love call of thousands of amphibians. Ever since then, I’ve had a mostly unrequited love for our most green-webbed wildlife. Between the persistent droughts and

  2. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Mikala Compton

    PROSAPIO: Kibble in my shoes (opens the original)

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    Archer, who is a 15-pound terrier mix with delusion of humanness, has this odd little habit with his dog food. He will go over to his bowl, take a mouthful of dry food and carry it over to a different part of the house. Often, he takes it over to a fluffy rug and places it on the rug, then eats it there. At least he eats most of it. Inevitably one or two remarkably sharp bits of kibble will remain in the rug which produces what I would call the “LEGO Effect.” The LEGO Effect is when you have

  3. Article · Jul 15, 2026 · Mikala Compton

    PROSAPIO: Water color illusions (opens the original)

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    I have a lot of illusions. A LOT. One of them is that when I retire, I will take up water coloring. Ever since I got my first plastic flip open tray of watercolors as a child, I was smitten with the idea of just applying water to the round circles and creating art. Then I would brush, brush, brush, and in no time, I’d end up with something vaguely brown-gray that could be construed to be a horse if you really squinted and looked from a considerable distance. This did not discourage me one iot

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