Dogs, Mosses, Natural History, Nature, Sadness, Walking, Writers

Walkin’ the blues away

With just enough ice to support her twenty-three pounds, she came running down a hill becoming airborne, her beagle ears flapping in the wind. Continue reading Walkin’ the blues away

Art, Birdwatching, Dogs, Fall Migration, Loons, Natural History, Nature, Vermont, Wens, woodchucks

Summer remembered

Summer, remembered. It was once suggested to me by a friend in rural Missouri who lived in an old Sears … Continue reading Summer remembered

Natural History, Nature, Neotropical migrating birds, Poems, Wens

Poem to a wren

Wens never listen, brave headstrong wrens. Continue reading Poem to a wren

Birdwatching, Ecology, Loons, Nature, Neotropical migrating birds, open-water swimming, Vermont Center for Ecostudies, Wens

Troglodytes and humans

For lack of a more suitable place, I hung an earthenware birdhouse—actually, just a hollow clay ball with a hole … Continue reading Troglodytes and humans

Coastal forest, Long Island, Nature, Septuagenarian, Vermont

I am a Vermonter in New York

apologies to Sting Sequel to a septuagenarian’s guide. April 22, 2021 My friend and neighbor Randy Coffin, long ago rode … Continue reading I am a Vermonter in New York

Ecology, Natural History, Nature, Spring Ephemeral Flowers, Vermont

Spring Ephemerals

Spring Ephemerals – in a rich forest near you.
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Fern reproduction, Ferns, Natural History, Nature

Sex and the Secret Life of Ferns

I have been wondering if a story about sex might not ease our worries for a bit. Please forgive my … Continue reading Sex and the Secret Life of Ferns

Birdwatching, Fall Migration, Natural History, Nature, Neotropical migrating birds, Ompomponoosuc River, Strafford

Changing times~ will you stay here or fly south again?

Migrating birds and migrating humans. Are we ready for winter? Continue reading Changing times~ will you stay here or fly south again?

Ascomycetes, Ash trees, Ecology, Emerald ash borer (EAB), Forest bathing, Hiking, Morchella, Morels, mycorrhizal fungi, Natural History, Nature, Pathogens, sac fungi

Have you hugged an ash today?

When hiking in the woods in May, I instinctively look around the base of ash trees. Sometimes in a … Continue reading Have you hugged an ash today?

Antioch University New England, Art, Community College of Vermont, Conservation Biology, Ecology, Mosses, Natural History, Nature

Joining the old scholar’s club

My dad’s sister Mary had a parakeet named Rembrandt. An artist, of Irish descent and pretty enough to have modelled, … Continue reading Joining the old scholar’s club