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 […]
Discovering Jacobs Pond
A view of Jacobs Pond in Norwell. When I was ten or so, I “discovered” the woods adjacent to the cranberry bogs behind my parent’s house. Going out to the […]
Looking Forward to Spring
When skunk cabbage and ferns begin to emerge, you know that spring has begun. Spring is here! . . . Or is it? One day it’s seventy degrees and mild, […]
The Hathaway Preserve
A footbridge in Kingston’s Hathaway Preserve. A few weeks ago, after the first big snowstorm, but before the blizzard, my husband invited me to explore the Hathaway Preserve, a 77-acre […]
Nature Through a Child’s Eyes, part 2
Matthew and the bridge he built. A few years ago, in this column, I wrote an account of a walk at Marshfield’s Daniel Webster Sanctuary with a friend and her […]