Everybody’s got a story but Trip Barnes has more stories than anybody. 

Susan Straight of Chilmark isn’t being saucy when she insists that she finds the most interesting things in her outdoor shower.   

If we pull it off, it will be a great caper.

Pat Tyra wants to know who to call. Would it be animal control, public works, landscape or a pest control professional?  

The question would confuse even Shakespeare. To hyphenate or not to hyphenate?   

Orcas sleep with one eye open.

I am very pro-choice when it comes to plants. However, I do draw the line at invasive species.

What does it mean to be American? It's a good (and complicated) question that I won't endeavor to answer.

If I were a plant, I might be trailing arbutus.

Invertebrate investigations dominated discussions in our house last week.