Photo AlexCM Inaturalist. It’s a world citizen. It’s perhaps the most widespread wildflower on the planet, found all over six continents and the Arctic, even on South Georgia Island, less than a thousand miles from Antarctica. In North with the Spring, Edwin Way Teale describes the wildflower thusly: “In one level valley dandelions extended […]
Does your father sometimes walk a trail along with you, even long after he’s gone? I invited my dad to hike with me today in the Trust’s Pappenheimer Preserve, to get a head start on Father’s Day. I wasn’t sure he would come. While loving, thoughtful, and dependable, he was somewhat of a mystery to
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My heart knows what the river knows. Katie Lee (1964) My Merlin App is lighting up with migratory birds, all merrily greeting me on this spring stroll in Iron Mine Valley. These wet woods are awash with warblers. Dripping with yesterday’s rain, the earth smells fresh. The river frolics. And the beavers have built an
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The rain didn’t stop us from welcoming spring at Atwood Farm during our Annual Maypole Celebration on May 2! Thank you to our community for celebrating and dancing with us, to the talented musicians from Fiddlers & Friends for their musical accompaniment, to Peggy & Warren Church for their ongoing support of Atwood Farm and
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Christina Mailhos Appointed Executive Director of Joshua’s Trust Mansfield, CT — 4/27/2026 — Joshua’s Trust, a nationally accredited land trust dedicated to preserving the natural, agricultural, and cultural heritage of northeastern Connecticut, is pleased to announce the appointment of Christina Mailhos as its new Executive Director. With more than twenty years of
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We are creatures of habit and direction: we like our days and our lives to move forward. We like the stories we read to do the same. This is not one of those stories. In fact, if you start at the end and read backwards, you might just join me at the same place. Our
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