This has been a very odd winter, although as I write, the gusting winds and plummeting air temperatures suggest that we may yet see real winter. My ice fishing article is now published in the January 2012 issue of ODU Magazine. I’m on pages 36-38 of this 74-page magazine. Does that make me a centerfold? [...]

One week after Hurricane Irene, remnants of Hurricane Lee dumped heavy rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning over our hardest-hit areas. It made a spectacular nighttime show. Unfortunately the flooding closed not only roads, but even public buildings. I’m struck by two impressions as I meditate on Nature’s fury. One is my frustration at our [...]

Back in the 1980′s and early 1990′s when I worked as a resident film and video artist in schools, during a residency in South Carolina, I experienced two tornadoes close up. They were frightening. Ironically,  I lived in Kansas while in graduate school and never saw more than the “W” symbol in the corner of [...]

Nature operates on its own terms, we are fooling ourselves if we think we can outwit nature.

Forty years after the first Earth Day, we seem to be pedaling backwards. Is there hope?

The snow is waist deep. I’ve been snowed in since Thursday. It’s fun and at the same time, scary. What’s up with that? When did I become afraid of nature? The dense heavy snow is good for making a quinzee. But considering I spent close to four hours moving enough snow away from my door [...]

Every day is Earth Day for me. Knowing that others care enough to take some kind of action is encouraging.

A small, but powerful act to affirm the natural world.

Ice, instead of snow, covers everything on the trail.

It’s easy being green when you adopt a few of these New Year’s resolutions.