Almanac: Celestial Visitor
The comet was not cooperating. At all. I had walked up Mt. Pollux this past...
outdoors
Almanac: Strange Carnivores
“Feed me Seymour.” The other day I was reminded of this iconic line from the...
Almanac: Gentle Giants
I was at the base of some cliffs on the western flank of Mt. Toby...
Almanac: Woody Fruit
For about two months now I’ve been puzzling about how to make pine cones interesting....
Almanac: Strange Pearls
The woods, fields, and waterways of the Pioneer Valley are rich with wildlife. Over the...
Almanac: A Porcupine, By Jove
The moon is surpassingly lovely, but it’s often so bright that it makes stargazing a...
Almanac: Anopheles As Mephistopheles
I don’t know about you, but I have been unusually beset by mosquitos this summer....
Almanac: Hemlock Double-Whammy
On a hike a couple of weeks ago I came across an odd sight: a...
Almanac: Idyll Interrupted
No sooner had I written a column about birds mobbing other birds than I was...
Almanac: Mobsters
I was descending the steep trail down North Sugarloaf mountain in Deerfield last weekend when...
Almanac: Sensitive
Most of the trees and plants in the valley seem to have shrugged off the...
Almanac: Oak Apples
It was only 28 degrees last Thursday morning, so I was bundled up with a...