The Frosts of November

November nears its end, its days in 2011 never to be repeated. The penultimate month of the year brought us storms and glorious sunshine, frosts, and balmy temperatures that were treats to Bluenosers ...

Notes from a Nature Writer and the 50/50 Project

For a nature writer, capturing the essence of an animal, ecosystem, or landscape is a thrilling undertaking. Armed with five senses and a mesmerizing, but sometimes inadequate assortment of words, I s...

Going Geothermal

Brilliant sun set our dew-drenched lawn shimmering this morning. By 8 a.m., an excavator had arrived to rip up that lawn and a meadow, creating a 200-metre trench  in which a heating crew installed a...