The Green Harbor River in the author’s backyard. Every summer, a symphony is performed outside my window. This music has never been recorded, never even written down, and yet it’s […]
Road Rubbish Revisited
The TV my dad hauled out of the salt marsh in Green Harbor.. Now that he’s a local celebrity, my father has gotten into the habit of telling this story. […]
In Celebration of Mud
Marnie, my sister, told me this story about a walk she took with her friend Bethany. One morning in late February, they went to Nelson Memorial Forest in North Marshfield, […]
Looking Back on the April Fools Day Storm
If it’s not the Blizzard of ’78, it’s last year’s April Fools Day storm. Everywhere I go, I hear people talking about the weather . . . or rather this […]
Road Rubbish: One Long Distance Runner’s Battle Against Roadside Trash
“Forty three!” my father calls out to me as he enters the house, returning from his afternoon run. “Good job!” I shout back, or maybe “I can’t believe it!” or […]
My Cold Weather Camping Adventure
Checking out some old structures at Nelson Forest. Scraping ice off my car windshield is not high on my list of favorite winter activities. Nor do I particularly enjoy waiting […]
Walking and Talking at World’s End
A water view at World’s End in Hingham. “I can’t believe you’ve never been here before!” my friend Kristen exclaims, “You, the nature writer!” Until a few weeks ago, I […]
Winter Birds, Winter Beauty
A bridge over the Green Harbor River at Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary in Marshfield. On a crisp, clear December day, I pulled into the parking lot of a small office […]
The Shifting Sands of the Rexhame Dunes
It’s early afternoon on Thanksgiving. Most people are at the football game, but I’m walking in the Rexhame Dunes, collecting empty beer cans. Over the past few years this walk […]
Searching for the Source of th South River
Round Pond in Duxbury Both by map and from the water, it is easy to identify the source of the North River. In the tidal freshwater marshes of Hanover and […]