This Thanksgiving break, I returned to a place that is very special to me. I went to the Billie Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve in Princeton, New Jersey, about 20 minutes from where I grew up.This is my favorite place … Continue reading →

the bend of a river is a funny place both a breeding ground and a dumping ground   it is the island of misfit toys toys — both gifts of nature and trash of ours driftwood, glass bottle, lost tennis ball … Continue reading →

When I was on the phone with my mother on my way to my site, she asked me if all the trees in Vermont still had their leaves, I replied that yes, most trees still had their leaves but that … Continue reading →

The past two weeks have brought many cloudy days and a few days of heavy rain. Yesterday particularly, it rained from morning until night almost nonstop! As I got close to Salmon Hole today, I could hear the roar of … Continue reading →