Rookery Appointment Log

The path from March to May always twists and turns, fraught with weather surprises. At the Friedman Memorial Forest, April snow is heavy and winter’s hush has returned to the woods. Shark fins of bright green skunk cabbage pop up through snow by the brook, looking implausible, a page from a kids coloring book. No […]

Thanks

Two crows are speaking their gentle Morse Code language high in a gypsy-moth-beheaded Maple as I go by. They always sound contented while making these vocalizations, like an affectionate couple sharing a story about a weird neighbor (I’m sure Bernd Heinrich knows what they really mean). I’m walking Joshua’s Trust’s Pond Lot trail in late […]

Book Review- The Four Winds

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 […]