Edie Clark

Instinct draws the sweet-singing birds to make their homes in the same fields that farmers must harvest for hay.

Even the smallest of sheds can hold a lot of history.

The GPS crowd learns that when it comes to country roads, some are less taken for a reason.

Keeping watch on a wild native bird.

Fate and an elusive “fairytale village” in Harrisville, New Hampshire.

A lifetime friendship began with a question: “Have you seen my horse?”

A visit from an animal behaviorist leads to an unusual change in Harriet. Whatever happened between them I’ll never really know. My dog, Harriet, is now the size of a hearty lamb but is mostly black, her face and legs the color of gingersnaps. She has matured into a reasonably well-mannered dog, but she still […]

A greenhouse can start not only seedlings but thoughts of summer sun. Around here, a lot of stories surround a man named Sandy, an architect who designed houses uncharacteristic of New England. With their low roof lines and blond wood paneling, they might have been a better fit in California. A lot of people said […]

For a child, watching her grandfather skate created a memory where truth and myth lived side by side. My grandfather, whom we called Bim, loved to skate. He loved to do anything outdoors. He’d climbed the Matterhorn and surfed in Honolulu, and he did back flips off the high diving board until he was in his […]

With winter coming, there was one more short drive to take. Putting the truck away for the winter is a ritual, just as is getting it out in the spring. I don’t use the truck in the winter, one way to extend its already long life. The truck is a 1997 Ford Ranger, white with […]

More than 50 years ago, Beatrice Trum Hunter published the first natural foods cookbook in America. Now approaching 100, she’s still fighting to help people eat better and live without toxic chemicals.