Cut to the Heart – by a Beaver

Taking a break from writing on a dreary afternoon, I photographed rain-wet trees chewed by beavers who have been decimating alders and pincherries near our bridge over Matheson Brook here in northern ...

Images of Autumn

As Sam Gamgee said on returning to Bag End, “I’m back!” Sorry for the lapse in posts. Summer flew by in a blur of gardening and writing and playing piano. But now, before autumn rele...

Tiger and Chives: Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

  Summer’s here! Officially, it arrived around 2 a.m., and today is that glorious peak on the sine curve of change of hours of daylight. We’re standing on the Everest of sunshine in t...

The Future of Conservation: It’s All About the Children

As a freelance writer, I’ve sold more than two dozen articles to Ranger Rick, a children’s nature magazine published by the National Wildlife Federation in Washington, D.C. The subject of ...