Polar Expedition gone very wrong for a team of explorers that must contend with being stuck in ice, scurvy, ambition, and isolating darkness that manifest in the souls of some. Interesting, well researched story. –Marlene, The Well-Read Moose, Coeur d’Alene, ID Take your vitamin D and vitamin C and grab your SAD light box and …
Winter 2018-2019 was a tough one. Snow and ice hit much of the region hard. Today, we officially welcome spring! May your walkways be clear, your carpets be unsalted, your deliveries be regular, and your snow shovels be stored away snugly. Below is a trip down snowy memory lane for February 2019– all after the …
Winter evenings by the wood stove present just the right opportunity for revisiting a classic book. And for anyone who studies and writes about natural history, as I do, few titles are more foundational than Walden by Henry David Thoreau. It’s the sort of text that gets quoted more than read, however, and I couldn’t recall …
Winter has arrived. I know the calendar says winter doesn’t begin until December 21, but I’ve never put much stock in that. Our farming season is over, our house is stuffed with storage crops like onions, potatoes, and winter squash, and as I write this, I can look out my window, through the leafless rosebushes …
