Second Spring

On my better days, I’d like to call myself a writer and a naturalist, but when you boil it down…

Summer Doldrums

A few weeks later, not green but tans, yellows and ochres are starting to show in the canvas. We are…

Right now there is nothing but green. Sure, there are flowers in gardens, but when you walk in the woods,…

This week I noticed that everything is soft. I find myself touching things again–hands free from cold and gloves. The…

Yesterday was the vernal equinox, and spring is everywhere. You could see the signs of spring for the past few…

1/24-1/30 I am amazed by how the river changes every day. Sometimes drastically. The Coast Guard ice chopper has been…

1/17-1/23 Today started at zero, and maybe we’re at ten degrees by noon. The wind has picked up, too. On…

It is very cold, very crisp. Ice is everywhere. The trail parking lots are ice skating rinks, and we walk…

January 3 – 9 Perfect winter sun today. Frost everywhere on hummocks of sand-colored grass, twinkling in the sunlight, turning…