Flight

by Kevin T McEneaney Butterflies adopt a royal schedule— they don’t rise from sleep until 10 am, when most humans are working hard at jobs. Then butterflies flit about at…

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Arial Surprise

by Kevin T McEneaney With widest spectrum of color among all birds, they are the smallest birds, excelling in hues of blue, green, purple. Smaller hummingbirds beat gossamer wings at…

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A peony for you

photo by KTM by Kevin T McEneaney Peonies are not instant protégées. You will need to get dirt in fingernails, and possess patience three years ticking before any satisfaction arrives…

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What is Time?

by Kevin T McEneaney When moments appear to pass like minutes, turn your eyes to the bounty of Nature: buttercups bending in cool morning breeze, purple allium standing as lookout…

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Fearing Harpies

Harpy eagle by Kevin T McEneaney I, who once sang of love and religion, now sing the harpy eagle, a raptor more powerful than all other eagles! With their razor-sharp…

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Tasmania

by Kevin T McEneaney The platypus has a marvelous trick: it can detect the electrical field of any animal; all animals emit an electrical signature; only the platypus has this…

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Hands & Feet

by Kevin T McEneaney Skin on our hands and feet are different, unusual—they are double-layered. We don’t know why we have whorls on fingers (that resemble whorls inside of trees…

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Reunion

Photo by Bill Keller by Bill Keller At the end of a long winter I watch snow slip from a tree, sluggish at first as if stiff  from inactivity but then  plummeting, eager to  reconnect,…

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Traveler

by Kevin T McEneaney While packing for my final vacation, it occurred to me that I need not pack anything at all except humor to deal with everlasting darkness where…

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Bees in Peril

by Kevin T McEneaney Welcome to the microscopic venue! Bumblebees remain in massive decline. Maine, New Hampshire, Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont no longer have bumblebees……

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