LONG SOUGHT NORTHWEST PASSAGE

Water Closet for June 19, 2015    [pullquote] “It is as if the Mediterranean Sea had just been discovered,” King said. “It’s a huge body of water”.[/pullquote] As a boy the old Closeteer slept beneath a large Mercator projection map of the world. His family like most...

KAYAKS

Water Closet for June 5, 2015 KAYAKS [pullquote]”Except for the going and coming in cars, thousands can now enjoy our waters at little cost without leaving sound and exhaust fumes in their wakes.”[/pullquote] On drives around the watershed from March to...

REST WHILE WALKING IN THE WOODS

Water Closet for May 29, 2015     [pullquote]” In his wanderings in places around our towns still unvisited by earth moving machines he has learned how to meander easily without paths.”[/pullquote]The old Closeteer left the paved road of a new subdivision...

WHAT’S IN A NAME

Water Closet for May 22, 2015 [pullquote]”In Middleton the tributaries, from upriver down, are Flint Brook, Punchards Brook, Middleton Brook, Emerson Brook, Boston Brook, and Nichols Brook.”[/pullquote]At the turn of the millennium the three year old...

IN SEARCH OF QUIET POOLS

 Water Closet for May 8, 2015   [pullquote] “A sample of a frog mass netted revealed clear protective jelly with embryos and swimming tadpoles. “[/pullquote] Are there quiet places without engine noises in our suburbs near where I-95 and state route 114...

Quoddy Nature Notes (4/20/15)

 Water Closet for May 1, 2015 [pullquote]”I predicted the critters of the subnivium would have an easy time of munching on the garden shrubbery, and that certainly came true, at least in our area.”[/pullquote] In early March while this winter’s record snow...