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Quiet footpath fireworks. In the high summer season of whizzing, cracking, snapping, booming, exploding revelries, it was a pleasure to...

Wetland wanderings. Among my favorite features along the trail are the wetlands. And there are lots of them. From my house to my 3-mile...

A Rose By Any Other Name. Late May along the trail always offers aromatic delights, so when I sniffed something that smelled sweet like a...

Contrary Shrub of Ignominy. Prunus spinosa, or blackthorn or sloe, is a plant of ill omen. Maybe it’s the extremely sharp thorns that...