Rusty Ring

I have Christian friends who revel in the notion that God attends to them personally, that they are important. But true peace lies in ...

(Encountered this large lady [Mantis religiosa] , about 3 inches long, in the road a few days ago. I almost ran over her on my bike; sh...

"There’s no such thing as a cliché maple tree. You don’t walk by one and say, 'Oh God, there’s another maple tree!'" ...

(Why is it so satisfying to see it neatly folded for the road, like this? I'll actually come up with excuses to meditate in somethi...

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

( Toxicodendron diversilobum , in brilliant autumn livery.)

This is the crystal jellyfish, also called Aequorea aequorea in my day, but since patriotically retaxonated Aequorea victoria . I took t...