The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah Hello again, JT Friends and Critters! It has been a while since our last book review and, if I’m honest, it’s because I wasn’t quite sure which direction to take you in next. How fitting it was then, when I stumbled upon a novel conveniently named after the currents […]
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Six of us strode a sunlit forest ridge along Chapin Brook in Holt/Kinney Woods late last fall. Earlier Co-Steward Mia and I had discovered a carefully hidden mountain bike trail there. While we all discussed how to dismantle it and discourage future bikers, it became clear that we could repurpose much of it as a
Broadway Meadow is one of the Trusts smaller parcels, occupying the corner of North Farms Rd. and Broadway Rd at just under 9 acres. While there are no trails, the forested and grassy area provides a scenic view along the roads. The hayfield serves as a habitat to birds and small mammals. Stewards Laura Neto-Price
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School teacher Esther Labbee bought about 60 acres in 1965 and lived in the house there until she passed away in 2012. She built a barn, drove a tractor and did everything herself, being a very independent (and some say feisty) lady. She tended her animals and gardens for many years, living a simple, quiet life.
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At four AM the night sparkles. The full moon is low enough to cast reflective glitter on the inch of eerie blue snow in my yard. Snow is frozen (crystallized) water vapor. Yes, it’s a gas turned right into a solid – fallen from the sky. A “blizzard” is defined as a severe snowstorm with
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John Hankins led 5 other Trustees and Ruth, one of our sponsors and owner of NICABM, on a walk on two of our properties that are close together. We parked in the Mansfield Public Library parking lot on route 89, right by the trailhead for Bradley-Buchanan Woods, a 25 acre wooded preserve and one of the
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