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12 Days of Solstice
What if we celebrated 12 days from the winter solstice, instead of from Christmas? What kind of things might we celebrate and honor? Here are my suggestions.
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Duck Envy
I love the wintertime. Not just because I enjoy cozying up in cold weather, although that’s pretty nice– and Luna gets extra cuddly too when it’s cold out. But my main reason for loving winter is that’s when lots of duck species show up in my area. Huge flocks (or rafts) sometimes show up in…
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Feeling Like Snow White
I recently had what I’d call a Snow White moment, one that feels so magical it was like the scene in Snow White where she sings to the forest animals: I was sitting in my living room, probably reading or playing a game on my phone. Luna was insistently scratching at the sliding door onto…
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Monhegan Island Wildlife
[Note: this post was originally written in 2023, and now a year later I’m finally posting it while back at Monhegan!] I’m spending a week with family on Monhegan Island, ten miles off the coast of Maine. The habitat up here in Maine is much different from the warm, moist Mid-Atlantic where I live. There…
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Island Library
My vacation booklist There’s a certain kind of book I really like to read on Monhegan Island family vacations. I like them other times as well, but I specifically gravitate toward this when I’m here. We always make a trip to the island library as soon as we arrive, to pick out books to read…
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It’s that time again– restarting the blog (2024)
Decided to start blogging again. Let’s see how it goes!
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Bat Scat
As a naturalist, I spend a lot more time poking around in other creatures’ excrement (also known as scat) than most people. I love finding clues to the animal’s identity and diet, like the fish scales and bones in an otter’s scat, or how when the pawpaws are ripe, suddenly every pile of fox poop…
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Luna and the Mirror
Recently I moved to a new place to live, that’s less expensive and closer to work. Yay! Luna is still getting used to it, but she’s doing pretty well. Our morning and evening routine consists of her squeaking at me until I gather up several of her toys, and then I toss each one high…
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