A couple new poems and a short story
A homemade sunflower! Hi all — thanks for reading another of my infrequent dispatches. Most of my writing energy that isn’t going into my job or local bird...
On parenting, work, and taking walks in winter
I’m not on social media much these days other than posting Rohan’s latest train track design, so I miss things like a guest essay in the NYT by a father who...
Parks that deliver, parks that don't
Judging small parks by the stakes they set
Letter of Recommendation: "Less Wrong"
Hello hello! Fall is here, with its colors and its yardwork. This week I spent quality time raking leaves off our pavement and into flower beds. Last year...
New poem and a Loess Hills walk
Hello again! Intermittent dispatches are all I seem capable of these days. Right now most of my spare energy is going into home improvement projects (we...
Hello again! Here's a poem about redcedar
Redcedar trees Hey there! It's been years since the Possum has sent a Note. In that time, I've taken on new roles at work, gone on parental leave, moved...
Washington State Park over the years
Reflecting on the outdoor legacy my grandfather leaves us
Operation "Embrace the Gloom"
Leave those leaves, Kooser's "Winter Morning Walks," and plant of the week
Escape from Barnstable
Finding my way alone on a bike, slime mold, trees changing color, and plant of the week (a fruit!)
A virtual return to Washington State Park
Biking for the birds, Indigenous resistance to oil pipelines, what I'm reading, and plants of the week
Priya explains all the fuss about mountains
A revelatory trip to the Green Mountains and plant of the week
Can I offer you a fox in these troubling times
Fox of the week, hurricane of the week, essay of the week, new hobby of the week, plant of the week
Fixing the bike
Hidden potential in a 40-year-old steel beast, the IPCC report, and plant of the week
Some great new podcasts about the lives of birds and how to protect them
Turning over the mic for a bit and plant of the week
Waiting for Dickcissels
A quest to see an ordinary bird and plant of the week
The island of terns
Learning how to kayak at sea and plant of the week
Wait, he was doing what when he got gulped by a whale
Provincetown's lobster-diving Jonah and plant of the week
Reader question: the alien anemones of an orange fungus
The birds are singing and the spores are in the air: it's summer. Plus, plant of the week
Black Birders Week, hiking the West Bank, and plant of the week
The second annual Black Birders Week, Raja Shehadeh's "Palestinian Walks," and a globetrotting pea
A run-in on an old runway
A crappy encounter while looking for birds. Still got a plant of the week for ya