I’m walking this winter evening just as the sun is beginning to set. Ground and sky are close to the same color, except in the west where fire’s beginning to…
For the Love of Grubs (Caterpillars, Actually)
Today wind blows through cracks and sneaks down my collar. It brings snow and some of our first really cold weather, and the chill makes me think wise those creatures…
Awake to Abundance
When you walk in the woods on a daily basis, or regularly spend time outside wherever you live, you notice rhythms, patterns, and changes. On Turtle Hill the light changes…
Late Autumn on the Prairie Fen, Peninsula Drive
This afternoon is unusually quiet in the fen off Peninsula Drive. It’s early November, and the first snow of the season is falling, wet and heavy enough to smack against…