“The forest is the root of all life; it is the womb that revives our biological instincts, that deepens our intelligence and increases our sensitivity as human beings,” ~ Akira Miyawaki, Japanese botanist and plant ecologist Our 1872 house sits on an old lot in an old neighborhood in a small town sandwiched between the […]
Monthly Archives: August 2023
“Having conducted this review, we believe that scent dogs deserve their place as a serious diagnostic methodology that could be particularly useful during pandemics, potentially as part of rapid health screenings in public spaces.” ~ Professor Tommy Dickey, University of California, Santa Barbara I’ve had dogs pretty much my whole life. When I was at […]
Wheeled, plastic bins line the alley behind our houses. Black lid for trash, blue lid for recycling, and green lid for yard waste. Since we keep a compost pile in the garden, we don’t have a yard waste bin, but there are a few out there. Only collected every second week, the recycling bins are […]
“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.” ~ Unknown My small town enjoys tree-lined older neighborhoods that are pleasant to walk through and front porches that are nice to sit on. The combination of shade trees and other vegetation keeps the local climate comfortable, even if […]
Writes of Nature 