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PublishedMarch 13, 2024
Backyard Naturalist: Woods, words and wanderings in the poetry of Charles Weld
'Most of the book riffs off Thoreau in these various ways, and a last section calls into the woods the voices of other naturalists,' Dana Wilde says.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2024
Backyard Naturalist: Climate change bubbles
Climate scientists have been right all along, and there is basically no time left to be patient with people who do not know what they are talking about, Dana Wilde writes.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2024
Backyard Naturalist: Flowers in February
Snowdrops, blossoming out of February snow, are a sign that life recurs within the very fabric of winter itself, Dana Wilde writes.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2024
Backyard Naturalist: Surprised by jellyfish
Dana Wilde mulls the rare sightings of Craspedacusta sowerbii, hoping to be surprised someday by a bloom of freshwater jellyfish.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2024
Backyard Naturalist: Jellyfish are strangers in a strange land
Dana Wilde ponders the philosophic implications of creatures from the sea.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2024
Backyard Naturalist: Thousands and thousands of ladybugs
Ladybird beetles may be unnerving in large numbers, but they're largely a harmless nuisance, Dana Wilde writes.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2023
Backyard Naturalist: Winter ruminations while dreaming of warmth
Dana Wilde ponders the changing winter seasons in Maine over the past several decades and his own changing feelings about the seasons.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2023
Backyard Naturalist: All about Christmas
Reflecting on his grandson's love of Christmas and family, Dana Wilde ponders how unity is the root experience of all religious feeling.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2023
Dana Wilde: The shapeshifting woods
A forest's transformation prompts memories of what was and visions of what could be, Dana Wilde writes.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2023
Backyard Naturalist: To dream like a spider
With new research suggesting cross spiders experience sleeplike phases, Dana Wilde ponders what dreams are made of for a variety of living things.
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