Rusty Ring

"I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ...

Funerals are for the living. Graduation is for the parents. Holidays are for the children. (Photo of two children in Cambridge ...

(Fruit of the hawthorn [Crataegus] , these often persist into winter, where they add needed colour to the soggy North Coast landscape. Aft...

to passing autumn the pampas grass waves goodbye, goodbye Shirao

(English holly [Ilex aquifolium] is a favourite since childhood, though it's invasive here. Owing to sexual reproduction that...

As the world swings into Christmas, I believe justice demands I use this forum to correct a historical inequity that's been allowed...

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