Gooseberry Marsh
From the Orion archives: this piece was featured in Orion’s Winter 1996 issue. THIS FALL ON GOOSEBERRY MARSH the weather is warm and the water is high. As Craig and I load Continue reading
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The Norwegian Concept of Friluftsliv Is for Everyone
The following is an excerpt from The Open-Air Life by Linda Åkeson McGurk. Friluftsliv is intimately connected with the Nordic culture, landscape, history, and mindset, but our craving for nature is Continue reading
Darwin’s Loves
The following has been adapted from Darwin’s Love of Life: A Singular Case of Biophilia by Kay Harel. The Glories and Limits of Facts In one of those true stories that Continue reading
The Mighty Modifications of the Yellow-Spotted Goanna
It’s a natural instinct to shelter our young underground, but the yellow-spotted goanna (Varanus panoptes) does this with remarkable determination and style. Not only is her burrow a unique helical shape, Continue reading
Council of the Pecans
Heat waves shimmer above the grasses, the air heavy and white and ringing with the buzz of cicadas. The boys have been shoeless all summer long, but even so the dry Continue reading