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20
Apr
bitterroot flowers

Betting on the Bud Bank

Revealing a hidden strategy
3 min read
13
Apr
Emerging flowers

Push or Pull?

The arrival of spring
3 min read
06
Apr
Imagining Lewis and Clark on the Columbia River

Of Chittediddles & Hackmatacks

Lewis and Clark's American Epic
3 min read
30
Mar
Cat whiskers

Whisking Around

What the heck is whisking?! You might immediately think of whisking as something you do when you're baking
4 min read
23
Mar
writing desk

Finding Words

Rusted, the chain cannot follow
3 min read
15
Mar
Spotted Towhee

Honest Advertising

It pays to be pretty...but does it pay to be honest?
3 min read
09
Mar
Sandhill Cranes landing

Beckoned by Cranes

I love to celebrate the arrival of spring and one of the surest signs of the changing seasons is the distant cries of sandhill cranes migrating high overhead.
3 min read
02
Mar
David Lukas with Robert Macfarlane

My Day with Robert Macfarlane

The writer Barry Lopez has been on my mind a lot lately. A new book of interviews with Barry, called
4 min read
23
Feb
golden aspens in sun

Theoretical Immortality

Because quaking aspens are the most widely distributed trees in North American they might be taken for granted, but hidden
2 min read
16
Feb
Vulture feet

Standing on Toes

It's fun to consider this obvious fact: birds spent most of their lives in the air, which means
3 min read