Almanac: Snapper
Recently I was paddling slowly under a hot sun at the shallow eastern end of Lithia...
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Almanac: Summer Songs
A friend and I were sitting on her front porch after one of those unbearably...
Almanac: The Planets Align
In first grade my desk happened to be on the edge of the classroom near...
Almanac: Forest Orchids
One of our area’s showiest wildflowers is blooming these days: the Pink Lady’s Slipper orchid....
Almanac: Hammerhead
The other day I came across a dead tree riddled with holes, some quite large...
Almanac: Invisible Multitude
You might think that the most abundant vertebrate in this area, a creature so numerous...
Almanac: Warm Blood In A Cold Swamp
I’ve been out and about lately poking around for two kinds of salamanders, about which...
Almanac: Mind Of A Squirrel
As those who read my piece on black squirrels know, I have something of a love/hate relationship...
Almanac: Blue
It’s been a perfectly wretched winter for cross-country skiing here in the Valley (although last...
Almanac: The Sweet Sign Of Spring
Editor’s note: This column first appeared in the Indy on February 26, 2021. Because sugaring...
Almanac: Diamonds and Pearls
When I was a boy, my father would bring cool things home from his chemistry...
Almanac: Zero
Before dawn last Saturday the temperature hovered near zero and a stiff north wind made...