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Lisa Sausville is such a force - a velvet steamroller! Her energy, organizational skills, and positive outlook have created such an important resource for Vermont landowners to connect them with organization, infomration, and people to help them manage their land for wildlife.
From "Into the Vermont Woods with Lisa Sausville" »
Lovely article. I have several small gatherings of cones, a few of each, around my home - Black Spruce, White Pine, Red Pine, Eastern Hemlock, and Eastern White Cedar - my best decorations!
From "Pine Cones: The Complicated Lives of Conifer Seeds" »
Hi Tiffany,
I liked your piece written about moles and shrews. It helped inspire the poem below. I’ve taken the side of the earthworms, as you hopefully can see.
John Ellis
Under the Garden
A dark chamber,
and you can’t move,
hemmed in by
hostages, limp
and still alive.Someone said,
they build larders,
catch for fun,
and once they bite,
you can’t move.Someone heard,
the very earth
is squeezed out
from your body,
before they consume.Soon the bodies
fall into tunnels.
You hear screams,
lie in terror.
Wait your turn,
and you can’t move.
From "Winter Larder: The Underground Caches of Moles and Shrews" »
Robert, my friend sent this article to me and I enjoyed it immensely. A native New Englander ( the Berkshires of Mass), I too was an outdoor kid. I miss the beauty of New England often. I have just ordered “Stone on Stone” and can’t wait to dig into it. We have a lot in common - I too was part of the first Earth Day (I’m 73) and a UCONN grad (masters in 1980). Who knows, we may have bumped into each other rushing to class! Claudia
From "Exploring New England’s Stone Walls with Robert Thorson" »
I have long been fascinated by stone walls in Connecticut, their beauty, and the fact some poor soul, many years ago, broke his back, from dawn til dusk, year after year, cleared his land of the litter left by the glacier many millennia ago! Just so he could plant crops to feed his family!
From "Exploring New England’s Stone Walls with Robert Thorson" »
Thank you for sharing this lovely explanation of the Northern Lights and light in winter. I think Shetlanders call them the Mirrie Dancers for good reason. I hope to see them myself in Norway this winter.
From "The Phenomenon of Winter Light" »
This is a wonderful column that struck a very positive nerve for me. Having 50 years experience in the woods felling trees, removing stones from fields, and building stone walls, I am impressed with Thor’s unique analysis and genuine love for the subject.
Thank you!
From "Exploring New England’s Stone Walls with Robert Thorson" »
Loved this article on stone walls. From upstate NY , we too have many and I’ve always been fascinated by them and have recently been looking to learn more about when they were built , and why. Property lines and to make way for fields to farm etc. It’s nostalgic on family properties here . I’ll be looking for this book!
From "Exploring New England’s Stone Walls with Robert Thorson" »
Awesome interview, might just go find the book. Just finished sorting thru approx. 10 ton of stone. A wall is on the planning board for 2024. Thx for the added enthusiasm.
From "Exploring New England’s Stone Walls with Robert Thorson" »
I’ve often heard it said, “That field is only good for raising rocks.” Now I understand why. Thanks. I hope you still have that bicycle hanging in the woodshed!
From "Exploring New England’s Stone Walls with Robert Thorson" »
As always, an excellent article, Thor! Will look forward to reading your latest book when it is published!
Best wishes,
Luella Landis
Cromwell
From "Exploring New England’s Stone Walls with Robert Thorson" »
Hi Steve - I enjoyed reviewing this very nice article you wrote about a very nice piece of Vermont that you give attention to!
Be sure to keep sharing your history and current and future endeavors with the lucky State Foresters who get to meet you. Best, Chris Olson
From "A Family Forest Takes Shape" »
What a wonderful website, sent to me by Myles Sornborger and Autumn Hein. I am a retired biology teacher and researcher of Diamondback Terrapins in Rhode Island. At age 88, I will continue to read your postings!
From "Sally Naser Captures Wildlife on Hidden Cameras" »
Nice to see you are doing well and still working to improve how humans interact with the earth.
Bill
From "The Many Ecology Hats of Rick Van de Poll" »
I love this post, and would appreciate more as a series. Thanks for putting it together!
From "Bark Beetle Galleries" »
Very good interview/article on Rick. I have been on a number of his mushroom forays and he his very enthusiastic and extremely knowledgeable as well as fun. He presents in a way that includes everyone and you can tell he wants to help everyone learn and in doing so is great about encouraging questions. What’s nice too, is he shows and tells the relationships of the various plant and animal kingdoms. One of the most knowledgeable and positive outdoors people I’ve met.
From "The Many Ecology Hats of Rick Van de Poll" »
Jesse, thanks for this wonderful story. In recent years I also have been looking for the objects hidden in odd pieces of wood. There might be a spoon in a large dying stem of Lilac, a bowl in the base of a dead Cherry or even something in a piece of firewood which just seems to have extra pretty grain. Any wood with some moisture still in it whether recently living or not works better than dry wood. At least until it is time for sanding. Wish I had discovered how much I enjoy it when I was younger but it makes for a great retirement hobby now.
From "Winter Fireflies" »