What I planned for my opening paragraph — the lovely foggy morning on Tuesday — was derailed by my return trip from Aquinnah that afternoon.
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Carl Linnaeus was a legend in his own mind.
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The Summer Moon, the full moon of June, takes place on Wednesday. The Moon is moving through one of the southernmost zodiacal constellations Scorpius...
Migrating shorebirds, seabirds, insect-eaters and sparrows arrive as June also arrives.
Ralph Waldo Emerson recognized that “to be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
We have all heard it — the solid thump of a bird hitting a window. And photos of lots of dead birds — victims of hitting a window near skyscrapers —...
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Thursday July 11, 2024
Beige and brown and tan and black, with horns spiraled or semicircular or in undulating waves, a legion of goats marched up the hill toward us, bleating in anticipation of fresh grass and leaves.