A Pup’s Nose view of the Neighborhood

A Pup’s Nose view of the Neighborhood

By Jeff Tome There are things in life that shake everything up. These events hit your life like an earthquake, shaking things apart and rebuilding life in unanticipated ways. For me, those events included marriage, having kids and, now, getting a puppy. If you are one...
Smells hold Memories

Smells hold Memories

By Emma Roth A few days ago, I was walking down the street when suddenly I was suddenly transported to my grandparents’ house. I wasn’t there physically; my grandparents lived a few hundred miles away from where I was standing and sold that house over a decade ago. In...
A Gentian Conversation and Conservation

A Gentian Conversation and Conservation

By Sarah Hatfield “Oh! That’s Closed Gentian! I haven’t seen that in years.” I was at a workshop recently, and there were four of us taking our time and walking at the back of the group, which was already fifty feet ahead of us. The session was focused on wildlife...
Oaks and Jays

Oaks and Jays

By Katie Finch A friend once asked for advice about painting a seasonal mural. She wanted to know what plants and animals best represented each season in our region? There are so many options! Evergreens and red cardinals in winter, flowers and frogs for spring,...
The Flavor of Nature

The Flavor of Nature

By Jeff Tome Nature is one of my favorite things to eat. I fully realize that that sounds a little bit like I want to sit on the sidewalk and eat mud pies with a side of grass and worms, but I don’t. We sometimes forget that all of our food comes from the earth. Even...
Firewood Friendships

Firewood Friendships

Reprint of a 2015 article by Sarah Hatfield I pulled in the driveway and the sky seemed to switch personalities from slight irritation to a bucket of anger upturned. The rain came in curtains and torrents, the wind chaotic. I watched through my sunroof as the tops of...