

The Water Is Wide
The Water Is Wide Of all the music I’ve sung throughout my life, perhaps nothing touches me more than songs of longing and parting. In...


Outdoor Access for All!
On the third Monday of every January we observe the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This holiday gives many Americans a...


Groundcover In The Sky
Look! Up in the Sky! It's a tree! It's a vine! No! It's - groundcover! Huh? Yes, groundcover. Specifically Euonymus fortunei, aka...


From Log House to Blog Post
For some time now only one book occupies my reading time: A Team of Rivals, the Doris Kearns Goodwin biography about Abraham Lincoln. ...


Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
It's that holly, jolly time of year again! Yup! That time of year when we receive new items and discard old stuff - and all the...


The Beauty of Birding
The 115th annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count is underway across the nation, and yesterday, December 20 I did my part by joining members...


Shrubs Get Short Shrift
What's wrong with this picture? And this picture? And this picture? Something is missing. Something very important. And I'll bet most...


City Sidewalks, Shrinking Sidewalks
Good Sunday morning, everyone! As you go through the day today, think about how many times you walk or bicycle around town today. What...


Unstarry Night
Stars... Think about all the poems, songs, and sayings you know about stars: Star light, star bright... Twinkle, twinkle little star......


Pedal Power!
The sound of the babbeling brook relaxes me and helps my mind drift into meditation. This is my Church. This is my Sacred Space. The...