Almanac: Thrill Of A Mockingbird
The sun had set, but it was still light out as a friend and I...
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Almanac: Perilous Procreation
On an unusually balmy evening recently I was eating dinner with a friend on her...
Almanac: Ghost Plant
All summer long, as I’ve been traipsing through woods, both locally and in more remote...
Almanac: Over the Dam
About a decade ago I built a 14-foot wooden kayak. It’s an attractive chestnut-brown boat...
Almanac: Eye Of Newt
I went mushroom hunting with some friends last weekend under grey, drizzly skies in some...
Almanac: Crazy Owl Chorus
A friend and I were walking along Mt. Warner Road in North Hadley on a...
Almanac Quiz #1
Hello gentle readers. I’m briefly on the west coast so no regular column this week....
Almanac: Lichens In The Pigpen
A friend and I recently hiked up the Robert Frost trail from North Leverett Road...
Almanac: Spreadwings
One of the things I love about living in the Pioneer Valley is how quickly...
Almanac: Lilies Of The Lake
The lotus flower blooms most beautifully from the deepest and thickest mud. Buddha Paddling Lake...
Almanac: Giants
By the mid-19th -century most of rural New England resembled Ireland or northern Scotland—treeless hills...
Almanac: Fungi Riot
Last weekend two buddies and I met at a trailhead on the eastern slope of...