2025

In Which I Saw a Hole in a Lily Pad…

In Which I Saw a Hole in a Lily Pad…

What made that hole? I wondered. There in the lily pad leaf was a quarter-sized hole. To satisfy my curiosity, I lifted an edge of the lily pad.

Mailbox, September 2025

Mailbox, September 2025

How can you observe nature in a city? Read the September letters to the editor!

Pop Goes the Weasel

Pop Goes the Weasel

“Wait. Come back!” I said softly. Not really expecting anything to happen, as wild animals march to their own beat, I was shocked when the weasel turned around and headed back toward me…

Campfire Memories

Campfire Memories

Home is ’round a campfire
When flames are dancing high…

Pluto – 134340

Pluto – 134340

If there was ever an object in the solar system that had astronomers confused, it was Pluto. At first their consensus was that it was a planet; then they decided it was not. The New Horizons spacecraft was supposed to answer questions and solve mysteries about this mysterious object, but when it flew past Pluto at about 31,000 mph, it uncovered more mysterious things…

Warbler Word Search

Warbler Word Search

Can you find all thirty-six warbler species hidden in this puzzle?