Sage and I went to the park on Saturday afternoon while River went to a netball birthday party for one of her friends. The Mundy Play Centre at Markeaton Park offers a variety of activities for kids. We played 18 holes of Crazy Golf, climbed on the spider web thing, and did some [...]
A robin has made a nest on top of the light on Susan’s back porch.
Inspired to study the impact of global warming in New England, a Boston University professor, Richard Primack, has begun a citizen science study to monitor local plants and animals. Primack discovered historical records of the flowering times of plants in Concord, Massachusetts, recorded by H.D. Thoreau in the 1850’s. They have begun to [...]
Today is the 400th anniversary of the founding of the colony of Jamestown, Virginia.
Apparently it is also the 400th anniversary of arrival of the earthworm and the honey bee. I recently heard this piece on NPR. In the interview, Charles Mann, discusses some of the effects of the English settlement in Jamestown. [...]
