Jun 25, 2014 | nature & awe
The decision to support your daughter’s Study Abroad can be a difficult one for Moms and Dads back home. You want her to experience a broader world, yes. But there is so much worry. So much distance. And so much time apart. One click on a photo in Eliza’s...
Jun 23, 2014 | birds & bears
I’m not sure I have the heart for all this wildlife monitoring, that’s the conclusion I’ve come to. There’s more drama than a reality television show, and believe me, this drama is way more real. There’s the story of the Mallard nest and...
Jun 19, 2014 | birds & bears
There are new things to worry about, now that the bluebirds have a Summer nest. We’ve hardly raised Harry and the boys—as you well know they took their first flight just four weeks ago—and lo and behold there is a new clutch of four more eggs! At least these are...
Jun 17, 2014 | nature & awe
I might as well say it: I am a failed hydrangea gardener. I have dug and watered and fertilized and believed and after at least 100,000 attempts, I finally, in 2012, threw in the trowel. I am an obsessive hydrangea lover, that’s what makes it all so sad. And I...
Jun 11, 2014 | birds & bears
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