Is there anything quite like a long weekend to make one feel patriotic? Perhaps the two don’t go hand in hand in your mind,...

July is ending, which prompts me to inquire whether you are making the most of your months. Summer months mean a lot to me,...

Summer in the Northern Hemisphere seems to be leaving few areas unscathed. Whether you’re getting too much rain or not enough, you’re probably spending...

Ambrose Bierce, one of my literary heroes, crafted a supremely cynical lexicon called The Devil’s Dictionary. Though it’s over 100 years old, the work...

Many of us in the United States feel like we just had a weekend, when we really only enjoyed a pyrotechnic mid-week holiday. Early...

Summer, by which I mean practical summer as opposed to natural summer,  is just about half-over. I hate to remind you, my teaching friends,...

Hot enough for you? If you live just about anywhere in North America south of Arctic Bay, you’re probably roasting like a brat on...

Times are too busy around here for my usual soliloquy (lucky you!) so I’ll cut to the chase: Where are you birding this weekend...