AN AGRICULTURAL FAIR AND EXPOSITION
The United States (and the colonies before 1776) has a long and rich tradition of local, county, and state agricultural fairs. Other countries have a …
ANIMALS
REQUIEM FOR A BARN SWALLOW
Musings on life and death in the natural world can become commentary on that much broader universal theme. Hopefully these thoughts will not inspire melancholy …
STEWARDSHIP OF THE EARTH
“Be responsible for fish in the sea and birds in the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of Earth.” Genesis, chapter …
TO SLEEP UNDER A WINTER BLANKET
All the leaves have finally fallen. Even the aspens, whose leaves often hold to the very last. The earth, at least here in the Northeast …
WAITING IN THE WOODS
Waiting in the woods, looking, listening, hoping (?), watching for something to happen. What could be the object of this solitary snowy vigil, you might …