Almanac: Rising Giant
It was around 2:30 p.m. last Saturday when a friend and I emerged after a…
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Almanac: Golden Herald
It was more than a month ago that I saw goldenrod blooming for the first…
Almanac: Snapper
Recently I was paddling slowly under a hot sun at the shallow eastern end of Lithia…
Almanac: Summer Songs
A friend and I were sitting on her front porch after one of those unbearably…
Photo Of The Week: Steve Braun Is Traveling But He Left Us These Wonderful, Local Nature Photos
Our feature, Photo of the Week, presents each week, a new picture by a local…
Almanac: The Planets Align
In first grade my desk happened to be on the edge of the classroom near…
Almanac: Forest Orchids
One of our area’s showiest wildflowers is blooming these days: the Pink Lady’s Slipper orchid….
The Drake Opens A New Era Of Music In Amherst
Some things you would miss if you simply bought an album by jazz violinist Regina…
Almanac: Hammerhead
The other day I came across a dead tree riddled with holes, some quite large…
Almanac: Invisible Multitude
You might think that the most abundant vertebrate in this area, a creature so numerous…
Almanac: Warm Blood In A Cold Swamp
I’ve been out and about lately poking around for two kinds of salamanders, about which…
Almanac: Mind Of A Squirrel
As those who read my piece on black squirrels know, I have something of a love/hate relationship…