Tips for the Beginning of Tick Season
This article was prepared with the assistance of Perplexity AI.If you’ve been out in nature...
Stephen Braun
Indy Rewind: Almanac – Black Squirrels
Editor’s note: The Almanac column ‘Black Squirrels” first appeared in the Indy on March 12,...
Almanac: Final Flowers
On a hike up the western side of Mt. Toby this week I saw many...
Almanac: Celestial Visitor
The comet was not cooperating. At all. I had walked up Mt. Pollux this past...
Almanac: Strange Carnivores
“Feed me Seymour.” The other day I was reminded of this iconic line from the...
Almanac: Gentle Giants
I was at the base of some cliffs on the western flank of Mt. Toby...
Almanac: Woody Fruit
For about two months now I’ve been puzzling about how to make pine cones interesting....
Almanac: Winter Colors
Viewed at a macro scale our local landscape looks pretty drab this time of year,...
Almanac: Strange Pearls
The woods, fields, and waterways of the Pioneer Valley are rich with wildlife. Over the...
Almanac: A Porcupine, By Jove
The moon is surpassingly lovely, but it’s often so bright that it makes stargazing a...
Almanac: Anopheles As Mephistopheles
I don’t know about you, but I have been unusually beset by mosquitos this summer....
Almanac: Hemlock Double-Whammy
On a hike a couple of weeks ago I came across an odd sight: a...