Wild about wild weather
Hurricane Arthur was modest by storm standards, but still not your everyday weather. Our hurricane season is officially from 1…
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It’s winter, let’s bond
People post photos of their thermometers when it registers minus six, or minus twelve, and there is a heck of…
Maine vulture misses Florida flight
Backyard birding in Maine suggests chickadees, cardinals, and perhaps a few mourning doves on the ground, not a turkey vulture…
Our Trees are Really Fake
Our wild, spindly tree is glowing with tiny yellow lights. The branches are random lengths, no tree farmer ever pruned…
Signed, sealed, taped, and delivered…with love
I am not good about birthdays, and rather than suffer annual pre-birthday stress about what to get, I simply get…
Looking for the lookout
Food, language, gardening, people, wildlife, history—the world is so full of wonder. My life skitters between them all, lacking focus…
Ans and others, my silent friends
A family group peers at the camera, dressed in their Sunday best. This photo is a souvenir from Sharon Springs,…
Following the Kansas Road
It is Kansas Road, not Yellow Brick, which takes us to another world. Dorothy followed the yellow brick road and…
Forcing spring
Dull gray and brown leaves on the ground, the sky is grey, most days have a few drops of rain,…
Celebrating the silly
It is April Fool’s Day and I am coming out of the closet: I love pranks. I have been told…