Spring is a season of courtship and nesting and fluffy little baby creatures. But all this effort takes energy: the mothers need calories to produce the young, and then to feed them. And eggs and offspring are helpless little packets … Read More
Even though for 27 years I had no idea what this plant was called, it has held a special place in my memory. Every fall I see it, a weed as tall as a bush, the stems an impossibly bright … Read More
What has been your relationship with environmental issues? My mother took me to my first protest when I was six, against the Seabrook nuclear plant in New Hampshire in 1976. She also took me for walks in the local woods … Read More