After a very quiet and lazy Christmas holiday, I am finding it hard to get in gear. I am probably not alone. When someone wants...

We’re hunkered down here in northeast Florida with a Nor’easter blowing through for a couple of days. It’s not actually snowing because...

Are you resistant to change? Usually, I am. When things are going well, I want them to stay that way. When my sons were little, there...

I’m a fence sitter. I don't like going too far on either side and I can see green grass on both sides. And when there are many choices,...

Our neighborhood has many hawks so the only reason I noticed this one was because of the desperate call for help coming from beneath its...

Gerald Grapefruit was nurtured by my sister on their farm in Tennessee during his formative years. She planted seeds from a particularly...

Black clouds were rolling in from the east over the Atlantic as I drove to church that morning, late again. My umbrella and pink...

Journalist Cynthia Barnett came to our local independent bookstore, Story & Song, to discuss her new book, The Sound of the Sea. She...

I love a good plan and recently my dog, Leah, helped me see that there is more to a successful plan than reaching short term goals. ...

You may have assumed from the title that my social life has gone up a notch. In fact, that is not the subject of this blog, but rather...

Spring is arriving already in Northeast Florida. As I check on the emerging amaryllis, snip sprigs of lush parsley, catch the scent of...

Boneyard Beach on Big Talbot Island (Jacksonville, Florida) was my last nature adventure destination of 2020 and turned out to be a...

This will be a Thanksgiving like no other. Hand sanitizer on the buffet table seems like a terrible intrusion, but these are strange...

Not much about the last eight months has been predictable except that nothing will be predictable for a while. Plans have been torched,...

I have fallen away from reading during this Covid season, and my writing has likewise been sketchy. My ability to concentrate is reduced...

There is no reason you can't have fun AND be safe. You don't have to go far for an adventure!

Nothing quite prepares you for the loss of a beloved dog. What to do and planning ahead can make it easier. Most of all, listen to your dog

The second generation of monarchs began emerging from the safety of their chrysalises on my screened porch. Included are the progeny of...

This began as a Brown Pelican post, but I couldn’t write about Brown Pelicans without comparing them to their relatives, American White...

Edward Lear is credited with inventing the limerick. He wasn't Irish but from England. For a host of reasons, most completely...