Rusty Ring

(This entry from my ango log is a timely reminder of how difficult life was in the jungle during those first frigid, rainy months. I...

(Feral apples are almost always the best-tasting, and you can't beat the price. With all the former farmland around here, the scrumpi...

( Malus fusca . Native to the North Coast, in my home county it's a common understory tree, flourishing on the margins and in clear...

(I've posted about my monk stick before, but there's no denying it has a very "rural" vibe. Ideal for forest and ...

(Some of this information originally appeared in my book, The Neighborhood Forager , Chelsea Green, 2000) The neck of the woods where...

It's human to love the things that support us. I thought of Tom Hanks and his volleyball friend Wilson. I hadn't named my walking s...

'Way back in January 2011 I wrote an article about walking sticks . In it I posited that this oldest of purpose-made tools was quint...

Day 37. So I'm back. It's taking some time to recalibrate to the (by turns ...

Here's some breaking news on subjects I've broached in the past, of no particular internal relevance and in no particular order. F...

Some time I ago I found a bottle with a message in it on the beach after a blow. This happens more frequently than you might guess; I...

You can't beat the stick for longevity. (Actually, you can't beat a stick at all. Think about it; it's like biting your teeth,...