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Babes in the Woods Early spring is nesting time for wood ducks By Susan Campbell Love is in the air for the most beautiful of all the waterfowl: the wood duck. These lovely creatures begin [...]

Confessions of a Happy Old Guy And the joys of life in the slow lane By Jim Dodson A close colleague needed to speak in confidence the other day. She looked so serious. “I don’t know how to tell [...]

The Black Hat Happy returns and small kindnesses By Janet Wheaton I have always liked to wear hats, not only to keep the sun out of my eyes and off my face, but because I don’t have good hair — [...]

The Originals Leave it to the March-born to break the mold By Astrid Stellanova March madness doesn’t just apply to basketball, boys and girls. It applies to the whole universe. We astrologers [...]

The Definitive Douglass Revealing a multifaceted American icon By Stephen E. Smith Readers who’ve been inspired by Frederick Douglass’ eloquent autobiographies will likely find David Blight’s [...]

The Little Nine faces an uncertain future By Bill Fields Golf courses come and go, enduring or failing at different times for different reasons, their guaranteed survival as rare as a calm day on [...]

Requiem for a Knife The unkindest cut of all By Deborah Salomon It was only a kitchen knife — a cheap one, at that. I have no idea where it came from, or how long I’ve had it, only that it was [...]

“And here is the serpent again,” wrote the late poet Mary Oliver, “dragging himself out from his nest of darkness . . . looking for the sun.” Three decades after she wrote it, Oliver’s “Spring” [...]

Tilt Toward Spring Night’s frozen mantle sparks in early morning rays, luminous as a bride’s new diamonds. Tree’s crystalline coatings slip soundlessly from drooping branches, twinkling fairy [...]

What the Grenache? More than your average blend By Angela Sanchez Grenache is a wonderful, versatile wine varietal often hiding in plain sight. It’s not as popular as cabernet and pinot noir but [...]