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PART OF THE BEAUTY of spring and summer come from cthe flowers which bloom around us. They come in many shapes, sizes, and ...

World Without End is for those allergic to polemics, those who love the Southern lilt of Margaret Renkl and the ...

AS THE WEATHER GETS WARMER each year, something unavoidable happens: the insects come back out. While some find the bugs ...

When Tree Cover Causes Harm. WE DON’T JUST CUT THEM DOWN when they’re mature; we pull them out by the root when they sprout, or take loppers to them when they’re a little bigger. Most crucially, for a ...

THE PECAN TREES show a capacity for concerted action, for unity of purpose that transcends the individual.They ensure somehow that all stand together and thus survive. Certain cues from the ...

THE CHICKEN WAS UNWELL. She no longer ran to the summons of the leftovers pail to scratch at the compost heap with the other hens. Morning found her in a corner of the henhouse facing the wall, with ...

I MET ELAN HAGENS at a Coast Range trailhead about thirty minutes from the Tillamook Cheese Factory. I grew up hiking and backpacking in Oregon, but I’d never gone into the woods with a specifically ...