For me, every day is Earth Day and every year on this date, since my first Earth Day, I find myself questioning the choices we have made as a nation that appear to be leading us farther away from Senator Nelson’s vision. That only makes me more determined to devote my time and energy to [...]
Winter’s transition into spring has been filled with new learning opportunities. Mushroom U. is back in session; our focus is on polypores this year. I completed my hunter safety course yesterday. I have deep respect for the attitude of respect and stewardship that hunters promote in the education of aspiring hunters. In many ways these [...]
It’s extraordinary to realize that after a summer of extreme heat and drought, we’re now experiencing extreme cold and precipitation. I suppose it’s another way to look at Nature’s bounty. On the plus side, I’ve had more opportunities to cross-country ski this winter than I have since I bought my skis in the mid 1980’s. [...]
The pipes in my apartment froze. Luckily, I have a good landlord with plumbers on call. The plumbers worked for over 18 hours to solve my problem. In the meantime, I had enough clean snow, after 3 major storms and a lengthy cold spell, to fill my largest cooking pots. I’m always amazed at how [...]
Thanks to fellow mycophile Tim Sage, I have just viewed Paul Stamets’s presentation of how mushrooms can save the world.
Idiots with guns give hunters a bad name and they put others at risk.
Author Phillip Roth pits a courageous protagonist against the brutality and cruelty of polio in this novel set in the US Northeast in 1944.
The mark of a good naturalist is how carefully every detail is studied. In the world of mycology every detail matters.
Writing exercise: Choose a photo for a writing prompt.
No one knows why polio infected some people and not others. No one knows why some polio survivors get post-polio syndrome and some do not. For some people, polio was deadly; others never realized they had polio, recovering from flu-like symptoms in a matter of days.
