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Washington State Park over the years
Reflecting on the outdoor legacy my grandfather leaves us
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November 2021

Operation "Embrace the Gloom"
Leave those leaves, Kooser's "Winter Morning Walks," and plant of the week
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Conor Gearin

October 2021

Escape from Barnstable
Finding my way alone on a bike, slime mold, trees changing color, and plant of the week (a fruit!)
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September 2021

A virtual return to Washington State Park
Biking for the birds, Indigenous resistance to oil pipelines, what I'm reading, and plants of the week
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Priya explains all the fuss about mountains
A revelatory trip to the Green Mountains and plant of the week
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August 2021

Can I offer you a fox in these troubling times
Fox of the week, hurricane of the week, essay of the week, new hobby of the week, plant of the week
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Fixing the bike
Hidden potential in a 40-year-old steel beast, the IPCC report, and plant of the week
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July 2021

Some great new podcasts about the lives of birds and how to protect them
Turning over the mic for a bit and plant of the week
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Waiting for Dickcissels
A quest to see an ordinary bird and plant of the week
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June 2021

The island of terns
Learning how to kayak at sea and plant of the week
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Wait, he was doing what when he got gulped by a whale
Provincetown's lobster-diving Jonah and plant of the week
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Reader question: the alien anemones of an orange fungus
The birds are singing and the spores are in the air: it's summer. Plus, plant of the week
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