A fern emerges in the spring woods. I have been writing about nature in the Mariner for almost eight years now. It’s usually easy for me to come up with […]
The Healing Rays of the Sun
Earlier this winter I suffered through a most unpleasant bout with the flu. It took me completely by surprise – I thought I was just getting another cold, but it […]
Beat The Winter Blues
The wide open spaces at the Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary in Marshfield make it an ideal place for combatting the winter blues. The Winter Solstice – also known as the […]
Prairie Dogs
Prairie dogs at Devil’s Tower National Monument. In the early 1980s, I discovered an amusement park game called “Whack-A-Mole,” in which the player employed expert hand-eye coordination to whack toy […]
Getting Steamed at Yellowstone
Photo by Chris Bernstein My husband, Chris, and I were hiking in the Porcelain Basin at Yellowstone National Park, following a boardwalk trail over crusty, fragile-looking ground. Signs reading “Warning: […]
Swarms of Mosquitos, Everywhere!
My husband and I have a large vegetable garden, almost half of which is taken up by raspberries. The raspberries were there when we bought our house five years ago; […]
Crawfish in Marshfield?
The type of crayfish one might encounter in Massachusetts. My parents are really into Cajun and Zydeco music. They had a Louisiana-themed party this summer, and several guests asked whether […]
Roadside Attraction
A snapping turtle at the roadside. One evening in late June, coming home from work, I pulled into the driveway just in time to see a foot-long mama turtle take […]
The Frog Pond
The heart-shaped pond at Kingston’s Evergreen Cemetery. When I was twelve, I dated a boy I knew from church. When we could manage it, we’d skip Sunday School and sneak […]
Brookline’s Larz Anderson Park
The car museum at Larz Anderson Park in Brookline. My husband Chris grew up in the city – mostly in Brookline. Over the years, he has told me a number […]