The beauty of light rays refracted inside raindrops give us — or so it seems — a peculiar sense of grace being imposed on the world, Dana Wilde writes.
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Backyard Naturalist: Worrying observations in a summer bug report
Here’s hoping that burying beetles reappear in the compost pile and deer flies stab my arms on July afternoons, Dana Wilde writes.
Backyard Naturalist: Food for thought
We have a moral responsibility to the Earth and we need to do better so things don’t stop working, Dana Wilde writes.
Dana Wilde: The song of the Whip-poor-wills
The birds’ three-note song echoes in memory and is unforgettable many years later, Dana Wilde writes.
Dana Wilde: Things we shouldn’t have to do
Advancements in technology that we take for granted can raise disturbing questions of what it means to think, to do and to exist, Dana Wilde writes.
Backyard Naturalist: All the little birds on ‘Jaybird Street’
The trees this spring are full of birds, providing the music you were hoping for in poetry, Dana Wilde writes.
Backyard Naturalist: A Down East invasive spider spins web of intrigue
The “European hammock spider,” also known as the dwarf weaver or Linyphia triangularis, has been slowly expanding its nonnative range in Maine and causing a stir in the spider community, Dana Wilde writes.
Dana Wilde: Snow buntings in winter
Brightening up our winter fields, the white-feathered birds have interesting migration patterns tied to colder climate, Dana Wilde writes.
Dana Wilde: Lives of the stars
Pondering the “life cycle of stars,” Dana Wilde reflects on the process of shining, burning out and disappearing, while sometimes becoming a diamond.
Dana Wilde: In Ukraine, the better angels of our nature
Recalling a family jam in Bulgaria, Dana Wilde ponders how Eastern European generosity of spirit is holding Ukrainians together now amid cold brutality.