Giving A Hoot

I learned an extremely valuable lesson when I read The Darkness is Light Enough by Chris Ferris, one I try to keep to the forefront of my mind. To remember that animals and wildlife are a source of joy. This is not a book for the faint-hearted or the sentimental. For many years, Ferris spent...

I tend to avoid going into the city, but a few weeks ago, I had to leave my car in a garage in Ballybane. With a few hours to kill, I decided to take a walk down to Merlin Park Woods. What an unexpected pleasure! Thinking it might be a small, circumscribed city park, I was unprepared for the...

Even though I showed up an hour late, and she had already done a full day's work at the weekend market stall, Mimi Crawford was remarkably gracious and enthusiastic about showing me around their farm. Hailing originally from Ohio, Mimi presents an appealing picture of a modern young farmer -...