Among The Trees Inspired by ‘When I Am Among The Trees’ by Mary Oliver and written to participate in an online Zoom reading with Black Dog Poetry @poetryblac...

How one line from a favorite movie inspired me to notice the details all around my forest, particularly birds.

Being home much more than usual this Spring, I've noticed a pair of Black Vultures lurking in my tree tops in recent weeks. Sometimes I see a large shadow co...

photo credit: Bob Gress, birdsinfocus.com "This is the only bird whose note affects me like music. It lifts and exhilarates me. It is inspiring. It changes a...

On March 10, before most of the United States were under shelter-at-home orders because of COVID-19, Mama and Papa Bluebird checked out one of my nest boxes....

I don't make new year's resolutions. But I do center myself during those quiet days from December 26-31. It's about getting really quiet and refocusing on ar...

Since moving to my "treehouse" three years ago, I've become much more intimately acquainted with the behaviors and habits of a wide variety of forest critter...

I visited Muir Woods north of San Francisco for the first time in 2011. I remember... walking under the sign at the main entrance after talking with one of t...

The Eastern Bluebirds have started building a second nest, so more babies will soon be on the way. These parents are a delight to watch as they work together...

This spring we attended the Nashville Lawn & Garden Show and learned about bluebird houses from an expert with Wild Birds Unlimited. I've never seen Eastern ...

Remembering grandmothers in housecoats and slippers, I wandered my forest this morning in the 'new age' attire of middle-aged aged women... yoga pants, hoodi...

Do they know their destination, those wild geese in determined formation against the slate sky Do their instincts guide them to a particular place, a knowing...

[purple finch] When I moved to my 'treehouse' more than two years ago, I learned quickly that a habitat of animals and birds surrounded me. And this forest w...

After I moved to Tennessee, it took a few years to really appreciate how much there is to enjoy outdoors in the winter. Where I grew up in Wisconsin, people w...

Middle Tennessee has become a snow globe today. With schools and many businesses closed, folks are home with an ample supply of bread and milk (it's a Southe...

On July 4 in the year 1845, Henry David Thoreau moved to his cabin in the woods. Built by his own hands on land owned by his friend, Ralph Waldo Emerson, his...

The forest is stirring. Do you hear it? Against a canvas of muted brown trunks, the blazing cardinal beckons his girl with sharp staccato chirps. She likes h...