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Slow down and enjoy the seasons

Time moves faster as you age, or at least your perception of time does. This is a phenomenon that I’m sure many people have experienced; I certainly have. Summer months used to be endless as a child enjoying a break from school. Now they seem to fly by. Each yearly milestone, like holidays, birthday, vacation, seem to repeat at a faster rate. This feeling is compounded by an interesting cultural movement I’ve noticed: a desire to rush towards the next holiday or into the next season. It was July of this year that I saw the first Halloween decorations in a store. While some people ...

Saturday September 23 is Audubon birdseed order deadline

The Audubon Community Nature Center offers birdseed at a discounted rate during sales twice a year, providing savings for you and support for nature education. Orders are due by Saturday, Sept. 23, for Audubon’s Fall Birdseed Sale, which gives area residents an opportunity to save and ...

Fungus, fungus everywhere

In most climates around the world and across the seasons, some variety of fungus is found, from those as big as your head to the microscopically small. Around here, those that prefer to grow directly from the ground are likely waiting to pop up after the ground unfreezes, but many fungi that ...

“Fungi” is Audubon Little Explorers Topic Saturday September 9

Fungi includes molds, mushrooms and toadstools. Area residents are invited to join the 3 to 8-year-old Little Explorers and their favorite adults learning about fungi on Saturday, Sept. 9, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., at the Audubon Community Nature Center. Across varying habitats a wide ...

Don’t look it up right away

While I still feel relatively young, the candles on my most recent birthday cake tell a different story. Some years go by and I don’t feel any older. But every so often, I can feel the accumulated years and the change they bring. This year I feel I turned a corner. I am one of the older ...

Happy Birthday, Roger

When I first started working at Audubon, people often talked about how Roger would have loved this or that. They talked about his passion and support for Audubon, and how much they missed him. As a new employee, I assumed that they were talking about a beloved volunteer that had passed and, in ...