As Mary Holland points out in her magisterial Naturally Curious, November is at month of increasing “quiescence,” as many plants and trees become dormant, and some animals get ready for…
October 3rd is National Children's Health Day. The Full Hunter's Moon ( or Moon of the Falling Leaves) happens around October 9th. Indigenous Peoples Day, formerly Columbus Day, is acknowledged…
Richard Louv has argued persuasively in Last Child in the Woods and the Nature Principle that children in particular, and modern urban and suburban society in general, suffers from…
September is a time of preparation in the natural world as animals and plants make the transition between Summer and Fall. We are right on the cusp of summer and…
According to Mary Holland the month of August in New England is a month of dispersal. Most of the baby birds have left their nests, some shore birds have already…