My part of the world and many others still anguish under the icy rule of the polar vortex. What good, though, is a polar...

The Bible assures us in Ecclesiastes that there is nothing new under the sun. I beg to differ and concur, as usual, with the more...

Oh to be under blue skies in Estonia… Most of us in the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere tend to come together in...

Less than two weeks into the new year and I’m already used to writing 2014 instead of 2013. That must be a new record!...

Keep your eyes to the skies for rarities. If you’re in the right place at the right time, you may make birding history! The...

What a thrilling weekend, rich with epic snow and playoff football and all those other things that happen in January to people who don’t...

Don’t let wicked weather deter you from a wonderful weekend! The first weekend of a new year beckons, fraught with all the promise of...

With simply a couple of days remaining before we consign this year’s calendars to the compost pile, our 2013 lists (deeds, birds, etc.) are pretty...