Category Archives: New England

Journal of the plague year, Day 79: Changing clothes

Posted on May 25, 2020 by springbyker

This weekend, traditionally the start of the warm season in the northern U.S., I’m engaging in an annual ritual I used to enjoy:  putting away the winter clothes and getting out the summer ones.  But this time around, it feels … Continue reading →

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A danger in tree hugging

Posted on April 11, 2016 by springbyker

Yesterday I hugged a tree and it bit back. It was one of the tens of thousands of dead and dying hemlocks in our region, but I didn’t look up to see what species it was before I flung my … Continue reading →

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Global climate change and the Dried-Up Waterfalls of the Berkshires Tour

Posted on September 17, 2015 by springbyker

On Labor Day weekend, a friend who lives up the road and I set off on a Berkshires adventure, fortified with old media – Joseph Bushee Jr.’s Waterfalls of Western Massachusetts guide, and an atlas of the same territory – … Continue reading →

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