You’ve probably heard of Peter Wohlleben’s book, The Hidden Life of Trees. It purports to reveal the science of trees and forests, and to show how they’re much like humans. It’s been a huge bestseller, with critics and readers alike raving about it being a “paradigm-smasher.” What you probably haven’t heard, however, is that—in his…
On today’s morning walk through the forest, I stopped for a moment to listen. My dog sat quietly at my side as the forest came alive, no longer silenced by the racket of my shoes pushing through the fall leaves and the jingle of the dog’s collar. Water dripped steadily from the upper canopy, leftovers…
This morning I went for a walk in the woods. Taken at face value, there’s really nothing special about that statement. But add in the fact that I’ve been so exhausted lately, and that we recently saw one of the local black bears saunter down our neighbour’s driveway, and the phrase takes on a whole…
…I sure got a big surprise. There were odd clumps of white fluffy stuff everywhere – and no, it wasn’t snow. Was it fur or hair? Was it mold? Some kind of fungus? An undiscovered lichen? Or just some cotton candy missing the red dye #5? Nope. They’re ice crystals. They seemed to be growing…
Watershed Moments: Thoughts from the Hydrosphere 