Dana Wilde

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Published
February 25, 2015

An inconvenient winter

Suck it up, friends. It’s New England. It’s winter, writes columnist Dana Wilde.
Published
August 7, 2013

Purple martin majesties

It’s time for the purple martins to bid their fall farewell.
Published
July 24, 2013

Bug love

Normally you don’t think of insects in connection with Eros. I mean, we humans by and large associate love with beauty. And what could be uglier than bugs?
Published
June 12, 2013

As the solstice approaches, we’re reminded of the Earth and Sun’s cosmic power

The summer solstice is on June 21 this year. It’s the day when the sun reaches its highest point at midday and that has the longest interval of daylight.
Published
May 29, 2013

Late bloomers

The growing season resembles a long-distance run more than the sprint of spring would suggest.
Published
April 24, 2013

Thoreau, hermit worlds apart

While the North Pond Hermit and Henry David Thoreau shared the experience of living in nature for an extended period of time, their similarities stop there.
Published
March 27, 2013

Winter’s teeth not letting go willingly

The daytime temperature has been in the vicinity of 35 to 45 degrees with biting wind. A foot of snow fell out of the sky a couple of weeks ago.
Published
February 27, 2013

Our woods are thick with spruce, fir and nuthatches

The small birds that bop around our feeder a lot, and are not chickadees, are the nuthatches.
Published
February 13, 2013

Speaking and understanding chickadee

In our woods, the easiest birds to identify that aren’t crows or blue jays are the chickadees.
Published
January 23, 2013

Trees and sun of winter

Our little clearing on the side of a hill in Troy is surrounded by firs, spruces, pines and some oaks and maples 40 to 50 feet tall, a few probably higher.