Dreamers Rise

This may be the first time I've ever hunted down a book based entirely on a phrase that popped into my head. I'd been thinking about...

When I was out walking yesterday morning in one of my regular haunts, keeping an eye out for the deer and rabbits I often see if I arrive...

Moving to Maine has meant, among many other things, crossing into the range of the North American porcupine. We didn't see much of them ...

Anthony J. Martin, from the author's website : Burrows are a refuge from predators, a safe home for raising young, or a tool to ambu...

The development where we live now is a relatively new one, and there are patches of recently disturbed "vacant" ground dotted arou...

New Hampshire, Summer 2024.

The poet Donald Hall was born and raised in suburban Connecticut, but he spent many of his summers at his maternal grandparents' farm in...

We're in the process of completing our second relocation of the year, having most recently moved from temporary digs in Portsmouth NH to...

Two days, two eastern box turtles. This mostly terrestrial chelonian, considered a "species of special concern," is widespread in...

Our dog came upon this large Chinese praying mantis in our yard this morning in incriminating circumstances. The mantis was on the ground di...

The great blue herons at the local pond I frequent tend to be skittish, flying off as soon as they see me coming down the path, but fo...

I wish I were a cassowary Out on the plains of Timbuctoo. I'd kill and eat a missionary-- Head, arms, legs, and hymn-book too. ...

As this anxious summer wears on I've been making regular visits to a little pond not far away, one that, in spite of its diminutive si...

If you haunt the woods on a regular basis you get to recognize the sounds animals make when they're disturbed by your presence. No n...

John Hay: I think one of the greatest challenges is to watch each bounded living thing with care for its particularity, as far as we can...

Sunday afternoon. Close enough to shake a stick at to fifty years ago, in my lonely and melancholy youth, Joni Mitchell's Blue was th...

The larger the scale, the more predictable the world is. The planets and stars move on determined courses, the earth revolves, day becomes ...

Because summer means going to the beach, and going to the beach means gulls.