Katherine

The chapter “Killdeer” does not mention killdeer until the very end. The author, her mother, and her grandmother all see them, then one begins to drag its wing. Williams and her grandmother know that this is bec […]

About 10 years ago, the county “randomly” (we suspect our neighbors complained) decided that the trees on our property were in the right of way of the road, and were causing trouble for large trucks and farm equ […]

After meeting David Kline, and visiting his farm, I realized how observant he must be of his surroundings. In many of his essays, Kline talks about seeing animals around his farm and property, such as owls and […]

The author that had the most impact on me was the first author we read, Bill McKibben. He opened my eyes to how much of nature is altered by humans, and even things we consider natural are regulated by people or […]

Browns Bog was a look into another world, an ancient foreign world. The ferns along the boardwalk grew to large proportions in the peaty, soft ground, reminding me of drawings of the landscape of the dinosaurs. […]

When we first arrived at Johnson’s woods, I was not immediately impressed. I grew up surrounded by trees and wildlife, and have gone on many hikes in nature preserves through the Midwestern area, so seeing more w […]

I walk through the woods behind my house with my dog. Though I stay on man-made, mowed paths, it still feels secluded and wild, completely surrounded by trees and plants, and the unfortunate spider web. As we walk […]