Was your weekend pleasingly full or pleasurably empty? We measure our happiness not in moments of activity but rather memories of satisfaction. I was...

It’s bad. Very bad. Germany is currently experiencing its hottest June and July ever, and temperatures in the last few weeks have rarely been...

At the end of June we loaded up the car with no plan other than to head north and see what was about. This...

July is almost over, which means summer is almost over, right? Of course not, but those of us who live for the warmest months feel...

A nasty little virus and a failure of my internet at home has left me at another deadline with nothing to show for myself....

Brown Thrashers, large, rust-colored songbirds, were so popular in Georgia that they became the namesake of their NHL hockey team, the “Atlanta Thrashers!” It comes...

I learned a new word today: Diel. I’m a little embarrassed that I didn’t already know that. I will now use the word in...

New York City in July provides limited opportunities for birders to see birds. The often oppressive heat and humidity means that most birds have...