Stone fireplace at the cabin, showing year of construction (author's birth year).
List of Posts on Notes from the Fourth Phase:
The Fate of Trees November 1, 2023
Shelter on the Porch October 1, 2023
Who Needs Privacy? September 1, 2023
Scenes From Life (Partly Truth, Partly Fiction) Updated August 2, 2023
Big City Compassion July 1, 2023
When to Give Up: Chronicle of a Cormorant Colony May 21, 2023
From a Mississippi River Island April 12, 2023
Serious Business March 1, 2023
Birding for the Crested Caracara and Reexamining Priorities February 18, 2023
Into the Wind January 12, 2023
With the Wind at My Back December 1, 2022
Return to a Hill Prairie November 3, 2022
Four Decades of Mark Twain and His River October 1, 2022
The Crow Must Die September 9, 2022
A Time for Swallows July 4, 2022
Time to Get Out of Town June 13, 2022
Beginning with a Small Yellow Flower May 9, 2022
Ten Essential Songs (One Man's Opinion) April 8, 2022
A Big Dark Bird on the Wind February 1, 2022
Tending the Beast January 1, 2022
Town Walking December 1, 2021
The Last Old Oak November 7, 2021
What Didn't Happen, Or How I Saved Two Old People From Certain Death November 1, 2021
For Future Reference October 9, 2021
On a Search for the Floodplain Warbler August 1, 2021
Wheelbarrow Blues July 1, 2021
To Hear or Not to Hear June 1, 2021
Always an Eagle May 19, 2021
A Clear Message April 12, 2021
Following the Gold April 1, 2021
A Sign of a Time March 1, 2021
Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak Nature Preserve: A 30-Year Perspective on Meanings and Change February 1, 2021
As the Crow Walks January 17, 2021
Falling Ice January 8, 2021
Birding to a Time and Place November 12, 2020
Jays in the Neighborhood October 1, 2020
Wilderness Symbols Remain September 1, 2020
Prairie to the Horizon August 9, 2020
If a Tree Falls July 19, 2020
From a Gathering of Blackbirds July 13, 2020
Bird Expectations June 20, 2020
Landmarks and Trail Markers June 13, 2020
Accordion Boy March 2, 2020
The Page Turning February 4, 2020
The Shrinking Comfort Zone September 23, 2019
Sandpiper at Twenty-three Degrees August 18, 2019
Fireflies of an Evening July 1, 2019
In the Flight Path June 5, 2019
The Wind's Gift May 9, 2019
The Tree Swallow Threshold April 1, 2019
First Signs February 21, 2019
The Aftermath February 6, 2019
Arctic D-Day February 1, 2019
Mississippi River Full Circle January 10, 2019
A Flurry of Bird Activity January 1, 2019
In Defense of Territory December 10, 2018
Impermanence and Deep Time December 1, 2018
What Have I Been Missing? November 20, 2018
Morning Grackles November 9, 2018
Edward Abbey and The Fool's Progress: A Personal Thirty-year Assessment October 26, 2018
Not a Good Day for Canoeing October 18, 2018