Stanford Wildlife Preserve
After a week or more of mostly rainy weather, the return of sunshine and blue skies inspired us to go
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Kids’ Almanac (June 20-27)
Do you always watch for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always watch for the
Nature at your doorstep: Giant’s Ledges
For a sense of wildness in nature, in the spirit of adventure, one can travel far while hardly leaving home.
The end of the world: It’s coming
Nothing grabs media attention like a close visit by an asteroid or comet. At Slooh, the online observatory, hundreds of
Solstice boon: It’s the brightest weekend of the year
Friday, the 21st is the Summer Solstice. Together with the equinoxes and the Harvest Moon, it’s the final Earth/sky connection
Giant’s Ledges
For a sense of wildness in nature, in the spirit of adventure, one can travel far while hardly leaving home.
Kids’ Almanac (June 13-20)
To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday. – John Burroughs Family Tree ID Spree at
Going to Mars?
Some 18 months ago, the Mars Science Laboratory began a 253-day journey to Mars to deliver the Curiosity Rover to
Tivoli Bays
There are walks we take that are best thought of as forays, or scouting expeditions. They are attempts to find
Kids’ Almanac: Hudson Valley adventures 6/6-6/13
The prototypes of strong sensation: blazing lights, red earth, blue sea, mauve twilight, the flake of gold buried in the