That Carolina Wren must have seen me looking for him. He keeps hollering, “Teakettle teakettle teakettle!” but when I go out to find him, he stops. I never get to hear them close up at my… Read more

So are you a ‘glass half empty’ or a ‘glass half full’ type of person? This summer might have been the truest test. It just seemed that everyday was either below normal in temperature or… Read more

It was a gorgeous autumn day in New England when my hiking club headed to Mount Toby in Sunderland, Massachusetts. The air was dry and crisp, the sky a glaze of cobalt blue. Parking our cars, we… Read more

My favorite place to enjoy the Westfield River’s watershed is from my front porch, especially at this time of year. When I can still get home from work with a bit of sunlight still in the sky, I… Read more

A  recent  survey conducted in the Town of  Southwick revealed 93% of those polled said protecting the public drinking water supply is a priority. Southwick  is  fortunate to have abundant… Read more

As this column is being written, it’s been unusually cool and wet for weeks. The temptation is to wonder if this contradicts what we’ve heard about global warming, but it doesn’t. Global… Read more