The Natural World
Visiting an Old Forest
By Susan Shea
Decayed wood crumbled underfoot as I stepped on a mossy log. The ground was almost hidden by a lush, diverse growth of...
Walden, Part 2
Contemporary visitors bring tributes of pens and notebooks in tribute to Henry Thoreau and Louisa May Alcott
Looking for Tomorrow’s ...
Christopher Columbus was a Jerk
by Stephen Morris
The World as We Never Knew It
“Fake News” is a term we are hearing a lot these days. Unfortunately, one person’...
A (Politically Correct) Moth Invasion
A Gypsy Moth InvasionBy Declan McCabeOccasionally I get an email from a camp, school, or even my local Rotary asking if I can present a...
The Junk Food Side of Global Warming
Gary Munkhoff
If there is one thing that we humans should have learned by now, it's that meddling with nature results in unanticipa...
Demise of the Alpha Male
Today's selection, suggested by SB Bill Schubart (Hinesburg SBS) -- from The Wisdom of Wolves by Jim and Jamie Dutcher. Studies of the ...
Barn Swallows
The Outside Story
By Susan Shea
I never tire of watching the aerial acrobatics of swallows as they swoop over fields, darting bac...