Life among the ruins
“The loveliness of deer might go without saying, but still, there it is: The more you look, the more they seduce,” writes Erika Howsare in her debut nonfiction book, The […]
Gathering swarm: Local beekeepers reflect on an unusual spring
While we humans have been preoccupied this spring, with pandemic worries and urgent national conversations, the natural world has seen other dramas unfold that most of us haven’t even noticed. […]
10 things I’ve learned about homesteading: Lessons from adventures, successes, and failures on the land
I don’t claim to be an expert on anything in the homesteading realm. But my husband and I have been gardening for 18 years and raising chickens for nine, preserving […]
Travel guidance: Erika Howsare channels a late Victorian explorer for her new book
Author Erika Howsare first made acquaintance with Isabella Bird as an undergrad, while sifting through a reading assignment. Bird, a Victorian British traveler, had lived and written nearly a century […]