The snow is still falling on the ridge behind my house when I set out, the soft, thick snow that holds onto branches and transforms the woods.
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Where to catch falling leaves in the sun — #Berkshireweekend
My nephew asks me why I don’t live in California. He’s three years old, and he means he’d like to see me, and I’d like to see him too. But how can I explain to someone on the West Coast why I live here?
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On a quest for the first signs of spring
Spring is here, they tell me — and I’m collecting signs of it avidly this year. Outside the porch window someone is calling, the quick jiminy-jiminy-jiminy I think may be a Carolina wren …
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When all the world’s a prism (February 9 newsletter)
Look southwest, toward the sun, and the whole hillside gleams with light. We’re not likely to see many days like this one — after an ice storm …
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Discoveries along the Chestnut Trail
I almost walked into a deer. It was a rare sunny afternoon in this odd fall, drawing out in warm, wet days, so the color comes late and it’s still lingering.
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Can we stretch out for a moment in the sun? (March 10 newsletter)
The sun is coming out today for an hour or two. Where should we go for a walk? It’s one of those unexpected early spring days that jumps ahead for a flicker, like that afternoon in mud time in the Robert Frost poem …
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