The leaves are mostly down now, after a long night of heavy rain. The past few weeks of fall foliage here in Vermont have been glorious. Still to come are…
Some years the foliage is just not as dramatically colorful as others (not the case this year!), and some years the water is too low or too high, and the…
The weather yesterday would have had a forecaster jumping around, switching hats and re-writing the script at least a hundred times: cold, warm, rain, sun…everything but snow flurries and, importantly,…
A few inches of snow had been predicted, with rain no less, and we ended up instead with over a foot of gorgeous snow that has continued to stick to…
Today we honor the longest night—and for those not under cloudy skies a marvellous sighting of the conjunction of planets Saturn and Jupiter. But the days, even if short, are…
Vermont is an embarrassing abundance of greens right now. Blankets of green are draped over the hills and mountains. Walls of green line the edges of the fields and streets.…
Certainly I never thought about trees flowering when I was younger. Leaves, branches, bark are all so noticeable. Flowers, many at least, are often less so. I clearly remember learning…
There was way too much news this morning and none of it pleasant to read. If we reported what is happening in the non-human world, the Sunday Times would be…
Forgive me if I cause you to spend a bit more time in front of a screen so you can see what I saw when I took a break from…
The other kind of social distancing—hugging—is a challenge these days. I’d suggest, however, there are plenty of wonderfully huggable trees. I think trees probably love hugs from us. I know…
