Archive for August 2018
For a Touch of Sweetness, Visit Your Local Beekeeper
“The only reason for making a buzzing-noise that I know of is because you’re a bee…The only reason for being a bee that I know of is making honey….and the…
Read MoreMeet the Oriole, Summer’s Songster
“To hear an oriole sing May be a common thing — Or only a divine.” Emily Dickinson from “The Oriole’s Secret” Last month, I heard an unfamiliar sound in our…
Read MoreCountless Activities in Region This Summer
Welcome to July. Summer might have officially started June 21, but for me this month is when the summer season finally settles in for its all-too-brief three-month turn on the…
Read MoreDoctor From Region is Father of Anesthesia
On a picturesque country road in Charlton, Mass., stands a large, antique Georgian house. It is two stories, with imposing chimneys and a long ell attached to one side. The…
Read MoreAcorn Adventure – Pixie Village Hike
Join Chief Ranger Bill Reid at 10 a.m., Aug. 25, Natchaug State Forest Parking Area on Iron Mine Lane, off Route 89 in Ashford on a half-mile hike into Pixie…
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