I grew up in Central Michigan where I delighted in watching clouds. You could see them all summer long as the weather came in from the west, tall billowing summer…
I’ve heard a few grumbles lately, understandably so, about how hot is has been. Vermont so seldom gets in the high-80s or 90s but that is exactly where the thermometer…
As I have continued to discover these past few weeks, there are so many things I don’t have a clue about regarding how others live in this world we share.…
While growing up, one of my favorite places was my mom’s “Garden of Eden,” as she called it, a wild, lightly-tended flower garden she loved as her own special place.…
Every year at this time I fall in love again with hosta plants. Why not?! Here are just a few good reasons for my love…
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…
We are all learning the big differences small changes can make. Although I don’t (yet) personally know anyone who has died of this virus, it is clearly not fake news…
The term “web of life” barely begins to get at the world I live in, and it is certainly one, even if appreciated, that is way beyond my comprehension. As…
When the sun shines, the planet responds…with a stunning abundance. This week the ephemerals continue, completing their life cycle before the forest canopy cuts off the sunshine. The lovely Spring…
I often get out this time of year to enjoy the spring ephemerals, flowers that bloom for a brief period of time before the trees leaf out. Last week, despite…
