Canadian Badlands

Our Nova Scotian winter teeter-totters between cold clarity dusted with snow and balmy bouts of rain. After days of brisk dawns with the outdoor thermometer reading in the mid to high teens below free...

Prairie Pothole Birdlife

Today, I played hookey from my desk. Instead of writing, I reveled in unexpectedly mild temperatures and bestowed last-minute-before-winter care on my yard. I clipped and removed old growth from eight...

Hiking Banff Trails, Alberta

This morning, while brilliant sun lit the spectacular mountain scenery surrounding Banff, the air temperature at 8 a.m. was noticeably warmer than yesterday morning’s 3°C. Again, Vilis and I pa...