by Liz Brownlee Beating wings fill my view. The snow geese are stark white, and the black tips of their wings pulse in contrast with their bodies. Hundreds – no, thousands – of these meaty birds move in unison. They squawk and honk, thousands of calls melting into an urgent and persistent roar. At least [...]
Archive for March, 2013
Lessons from Snow Geese
Posted in Migrations, Seasons, Wildlife on March 28, 2013 | Comments Off
The Tangle Test
Posted in Wildlife on March 11, 2013 | Comments Off
by Clare Crosby There are many ways to rate a day. Perhaps you determine a day’s merit by how many to-do items you’ve crossed off, how many hours you spent outside, how many friends you ran into around town. My personal favorite rating system is the tangle test. By this measure, the best days leave [...]
What’s in your backpack?
Posted in Discoveries, Interview, tagged art, bones, bryan, clare, connor, dragonfly genitalia, Emily, kelly, Liz on March 8, 2013 | Comments Off
By Kelly Finan __________ Rattle my bones Dripping with cultural history and utterly unique, the objects cradled in Connor Stedman’s excited hands burned with sentimental value. Their glow reflected in Connor’s eyes and didn’t flicker for an instant upon the delivery of my first question. “So, what are they?” To the untrained eye, they were [...]