Almanac: Over the Dam
About a decade ago I built a 14-foot wooden kayak. It’s an attractive chestnut-brown boat...
About a decade ago I built a 14-foot wooden kayak. It’s an attractive chestnut-brown boat...
I went mushroom hunting with some friends last weekend under grey, drizzly skies in some...
A friend and I were walking along Mt. Warner Road in North Hadley on a...
Hello gentle readers. I’m briefly on the west coast so no regular column this week....
A friend and I recently hiked up the Robert Frost trail from North Leverett Road...
One of the things I love about living in the Pioneer Valley is how quickly...
The lotus flower blooms most beautifully from the deepest and thickest mud. Buddha Paddling Lake...
By the mid-19th -century most of rural New England resembled Ireland or northern Scotland—treeless hills...
Last weekend two buddies and I met at a trailhead on the eastern slope of...
My mom always insisted that she enjoyed hot, muggy weather. I didn’t inherit that gene....
Hello Gentle Readers! Another week of glimpses from west coast rambles, these all mountainous as...
Gentle Readers: No regular Almanac column this week or next because I’m in Oregon and...