Architect César Pelli, who designed some of the world’s tallest buildings, observed: “The desire to reach for the sky runs very deep in the human psyche.”

American Chef and restaurateur Tom Colicchio shared this bit of food wisdom.

Poet William Wordsworth is known to have held daffodils dear, but they were not his favorite flower.

ZZ Top’s 1983 hit song has been replaying in my head this week after a hearing about a backyard wildlife encounter.

Now is a good time to be like a box turtle.

American writer Lish McBride made this observation: “Fear, left unchecked can spread like a virus.”

Why not live large? With their immense size, blue whales don’t have any other option.

By the time Chris Kennedy of The Trustees of Reservations received a report of a seal on Cape Pogue, the harp seal was already dead.

Common juniper is anything but common on the Vineyard.

Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz gave this sardonic advice: “Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is.”