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 […]
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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As you can see from the photograph, I wasn’t always an angry guy- it’s not a genetic characteristic. My old friend Joe the Psychologist tells me anger can also be a result of “environmental factors”. Well, yeah. My environment is under siege, so I think outrage is an appropriate response. In fact, it’s my biological
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