(You might hear a fisher cat in a dense forest like Marshfield’s Corn Hill Woodland.) Have you ever heard of fisher cats? Until recently, I hadn’t. And then all of […]
Can Humans Change The Weather?
This has been a crazy year, weather-wise. Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma brought widespread devastation. Closer to home, we had January’s blizzard, and October’s torrential rains and flooding. Down in […]
Beavers Are Back!
(Photo at left courtesy of Chris Bernstein) If you drive slowly enough past the Veterans Memorial Park on Route 139 near Marshfield Center, you may notice a tree that has […]
New Ideas for Fall Walks
We are fortunate to have so many different conservation areas here on the South Shore. Thanks to the good work of the Trustees of Reservations and the Wildlands Trust of […]
The Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
(Photo courtesy of John Plunkett) One afternoon in early July, my father and I were having lunch on the deck at my parents’ house. The deck is home to several […]
Fun With Geocaching
On Memorial Day weekend, my friend Karen joined me for a yoga retreat in the Berkshires. One evening we drove downtown to get some ice cream, and on the way […]
Why Are There Snails in My Garden?
(Photo courtesy of Chris Bernstein) I’ll never forget the first time I spotted a garden snail in my yard. I was dumbfounded. Like most people who grew up on the […]
Tulip Time
(Photo courtesy of Chris Bernstein) Daffodils are among the first indicators of spring’s arrival. But when tulips begin to emerge from the ground, you know the warmer weather is here […]
Invasion of the Ladybugs
Ladybug on the windowsill. Every new year – sometimes in January, sometimes not till March, my house is invaded by ladybugs. At first they congregate on the sunny upstairs windows. […]
Tsunami Puts It All Into Perspective
(Photo: A snow-covered stone wall in the Norris Reservation) A friend of mine recently returned from a two month silent meditation retreat at a monastery in Myanmar (Burma). He was […]