Canoeing Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia

Summer heat pours onto Nova Scotia, its scorching breath today aided and abetted by a gusting wind sucking moisture from the land. While my vegetable garden, nourished with periodic drinks from the ho...

Ruminations on Raccoons

I ran this morning, with frost on the ground, the air sweet and cold, and bird talk splitting the silence. A blue jay voiced its ringing call, an American robin sang ‘cheeriup-cheerio-cheeriup&#...

Maple Syrup Season

Each year, I chalk up signs of spring: the mild south winds I call ‘yearning winds,’ the arrivals of migratory songbirds, the appearance of pussy willows and snowdrops, the night chorus of...

Late Winter Birding in Truro, Nova Scotia

Two days ago, the world beyond my windows looked like the photo to ther right. Today, wild winds and rain melted vast quantities of snow and left stretches of our access road muddy, puddle-filled or i...