(Cardinal photo courtesy of Amy Lynch) Our days begin with birds. We drink hot tea at the kitchen table as the sun rises and the birds gather at the feeder in the holly trees. These trees are twenty feet tall and grown together in a dense clump. One day they will block our view, but... Continue Reading →
Trek Back in Time at Rocky Hollow Nature Preserve
From 100 Miles from Home Place: Rocky Hollow Nature Preserve Location: Inside Turkey Run State Park in Parke County, Indiana (Map) Distance from Home: 39 Miles More Information: Indiana Department of Natural Resources ; Dan Shepardson's A Place Called Turkey Run: A Celebration of Indiana’s Second State Park in Photographs and Words We live in the... Continue Reading →
Loveliest of Trees, the Walnut Now*
It has been one of those weeks, the sort that has left Keith incapable of doing much more than boiling water for tea and finding a sunny spot to sit and drink it in. Before he can get comfortable, I hand him a bucket. “The walnuts,” I say. “We’ve been stumbling over them all month.... Continue Reading →