An annual cicada's song is the quintessential music of August, a sonorous vocal offering from exquisite little jeweled beings who emerg...

I lean against the railing on the deck with an iced coffee in hand and watch fireflies frolicking through the shrubbery in the garden. Mids...

I lean against the railing on the deck with an iced coffee in hand and watch fireflies frolicking through the shrubbery in the garden. Midsu...

An annual cicada's song is the quintessential music of August, a sonorous vocal offering from little jeweled beings who emerge from the ...

Around the corner, three song sparrows were trilling their hearts out from a rooftop. Their pleasure in the day and the season was echoed b...

An annual cicada's song is the quintessential music of August, the sonorous vocal offering of a tiny jeweled being that emerges from un...

The world of everyday matter, when properly understood, embodies concepts of extraordinary beauty. Indeed, ordinary matter is built up from ...

Around the corner, three sparrows are trilling their hearts out from a rooftop. A few doors away, a construction worker is belting out Doug...

Many local farm fields are still covered in snow, and there is not much for returning birds to eat here, but Canada geese ( Branta canadensi...

An annual cicada's song is the music of August, a sonorous vocal offering from jeweled beings who emerge from the ground, shed their nym...

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail ( Papilio canadensis ) There have not been many swallowtails around this year, and I did a spirited, wobbly dance...

Around the corner, three song sparrows are trilling their hearts out from a rooftop.  Their pleasure in the day and the season is echoed by ...

A few rays of winter sunlight find the stream bed in the woods with its drifts of meringue snow, its gloss of ice and exposed current of st...

An annual cicada's song is the quintessential music of August, a sonorous vocal offering from small jeweled beings who emerge from under...

An annual cicada's song is the quintessential music of August, a sonorous vocal offering from jeweled beings who emerge from the gr...