Dreamers Rise

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

This was not a dream, although it seemed a bit like one at the time. On a beautiful fall afternoon I drove a few miles to one of my favorite...

A few years ago I had a good run of luck with owl sightings, but last year there were none at all and I hadn't seen any this year un...

If I lived in Japan maybe I'd climb Mt. Fuji, but since I don't I settle for Turkey Mountain, a bump of gneiss that soars to an elev...

He arrived knowing nothing of the city and no one there. Cities in general were mysteries to him, this one, which he had no ties to, most of...

Winter can be a frustrating time for the saunterer, but now and then you get a lucky break. On a mild Sunday afternoon in January I put the...

Hiking in the woods in a steady February drizzle is understandably not everyone's idea of fun, but it does have its upside. For one thi...

Miscellaneous midwinter finds. Above, snail shell (untenanted). Below, Trametes betulina, lichen and fungus, frost on woodpecker hole, wil...

Clavulinopsis Coral reefs aren't doing all that well these days, and in any case there are none within range of a day trip where I...

This morning I crossed paths with a foraging possum. I'm not sure which of us was the more startled (the trail was otherwise deserted),...

These photos were taken in and around a tiny dry stream-bed or rill a few minutes' walk from where I live. Partly obscured by fallen tr...