I moved a little bit inland, away from the Maine coast, because I got tired of the ocean’s moderating effect; we would have rain along the coast, but not so many miles inland there would be feet of ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Have you ever noticed how the world seems unusually quiet after a fresh snowfall? It’s as if nature has wrapped everything in a soft, muffled blanket, creating a moment of stillness and ...

We got a teasing taste of spring on a recent warm day when the temperature reached 60 deg. So I went out and picked seven snowdrop blossoms, having been told by a florist I worked for years ago that ...

Like many in the Northland, I was glad to see the snowfall of a couple inches in early January. Certainly, this was not a snowstorm, and it did not slow us down much, but a cover of a few inches of ...

Summer is a time of the year when people usually spend a lot of time outside and many of us, author included, like to be in nature. Some research suggests that humans innately tend to seek connections ...

If the sound of soothing ocean waves, thunderstorms, or birds chirping helps you fall asleep or wake up, then an alarm clock that can play natural noises is a sleep essential. But, there’s a ...

Have you ever listened to a recording of birdsong? Or ocean waves? The howling of wolves, or thunder and rain? If you have, did you ever wonder whether nature was getting any compensation for ...