This is one of my favorite intervals in the whole turning year - the cluster of sunny days and cold nights in late winter and early springti...

Springtime may be happening in some parts of the world, but it is not happening here yet, and it won't for some time. There is nary a w...

Go out into the weather-beaten world where straw men lean on frozen fields and find the cardinal's scarlet flash of wing, a winter heart...

American goldfinch ( Spinus tristis )  The goldfinches visiting the garden in winter are not as brightly coloured as they were last summer, ...

February is a short month, and it is very cold this year, but there are astonishing things to be seen at night, if one can bring herself to ...

Here we are on the closing pages of January, nearing the eve of Candlemas or Imbolc. The festival falls on Monday, February 2nd, beginning a...

Weary of deep snow and icy cold, I am a little tired of the color blue at times too, no matter how intensely blue the sky or snow drifts or...

Here is the road: the light comes and goes then returns again. Be gentle with your fellow travelers as they move through the world of stone ...