12.20.2010 News Focus Column: Looking back upon Christmases past Looking back on the early years of my life I find it harder and harder to recall Christmases of long ago. Yet there are some that will always linger...
12.07.2010 News Focus Column: Counting crows and landing a ladyfish Our sons came down to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with us here in Florida. After a big turkey dinner with friends from the North Fork at the water’s edge,...
11.10.2010 News Focus on Nature: Fall brings changes to the North Fork We had been enjoying the kaleidoscope of fall’s colors when the cool 38-degree temperature this morning nudged us on to start packing. It didn’t take us long to put...
10.27.2010 Opinion Focus: Halloween means fall on the North Fork Many years ago Halloween meant something entirely different from the Halloween we know today. It was a time when ignorance and suspicion ruled. It was a period of ghosts...
10.11.2010 Opinion Migrating monarchs are on the move Barbara and I are sitting out in the orchard in the sunshine and one of those noisy helicopters just went over. As the noise passed and things got back...
09.30.2010 Community Columns An American eel’s incredible journey Eels have been a mystery through the ages. Let’s see if we can erase some of that mystery. American eels are slippery and slimy and hold little attraction for...
09.16.2010 Community Columns A special day on Dune Road Barbara Stoutenburgh photos Tree swallows flock to bayberry bushes to feast on the waxy berries as they pass through on migration. We’ve been waiting for all the pieces to...
09.02.2010 Community Columns Life stirs with the cooling rain It’s said that one little brown bat can catch between 500 and 1,000 flying insects in one night. We finally got a break in the weather. It was the...
08.19.2010 Community Columns Of herons and hummingbirds There was a time when you could be guaranteed to see a black-crowned night heron feeding in the shallows of our creeks. Today you’re lucky if you ever see...
08.05.2010 Community Columns Looking at nature on a hot, humid day Barbara and Paul Stoutenburgh photo A least tern sits on eggs in its nest, which is nothing more than a depression in the sand that often includes bits of...