I felt bad for the little chickadee that sat dazed and confused after running into my office window yesterday. He thought he had a clear and obvious path to the next pile of tasty seeds, but instead went thud and got a headache.
I thought similar things this week when I spoke with a few companies [...]
When I opened the grill last night, I was surprised to find three little gray mice staring back up at me. Though I was a little startled, I could tell that the pulsating little fur balls got the worst of it. It made me think of when I had been surprised, and how seldom it [...]
I had nothing to show for my 3 recent mornings of fishing on the local ponds and lakes. I had started with great hopes of catching a keeper, especially after reading that a third of the state record fish came out of the big lake at the end of the road. However, I was skunked, [...]
The wind was howling last night in the East Woods – it sounded like a 747 coming in for a landing as the wind whipped the trees back and forth. After a minute or two the gust would subside, until another came roaring through a moment later. If there was anything else making noise last [...]
I tried to make snow the other day, but much to my surprise, I failed. I couldn’t believe that my exquisitely designed system of a leaf blower, hose sprayer and duct tape did not produce the wintry landscape that is absent this year. Instead I got an icy coating on the brown grass and frozen [...]
The other night, I bolted straight up in the darkness to the sound of people screaming for mercy. After a few seconds, I realized that it was not Charles Manson loose in the neighborhood. It was the wailing howls of a bunch of amorous coyotes.
They reminded me of the unrequited calls that some companies make [...]
I went timber cruising last weekend. No, this is not aimlessly driving the back roads of New England, but rather, walking around the woods selecting trees for next year’s firewood. I take little pink ribbons and tie them around the trees that will eventually keep us warm during the blizzards of January 2012.
Though the forest [...]