Opinion

The good, the bad, and the ugly

By Susan and Biff Andrews Fall has fallen, and we’re back outside checking on our favorite haunts. Visits ...

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I saw the light — not!

I woke up at about midnight a couple of nights ago. I looked at the bedside clock. Nothing. ...

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Persimmon trees are native and sweet

It’s that time of year again when the geese are on the wing, and we turn our thoughts ...

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Goldenrod good; ragweed bad

Every year in late summer and early fall, as people start to sneeze and wheeze, they look about ...

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All about mushrooms

I had an odd upbringing. I read lots of Rudyard Kipling — especially “Puck of Pook’s Hill” and ...

Opinion

Positives and negatives from the Florence experience

By Biff and Susan Andrews Tidewater dodged a bullet, a potentially fatal one, last week, but for every ...

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The straight poop on Canada geese

By Biff and Susan Andrews Our Churchland relatives lost power late last week. Was the culprit a storm? ...

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An adventure to good ole Rockyhock

By Susan and Biff Andrews We promised we would send in a column or two from our travels ...

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Master Naturalists do it all

As members of the Historic Southside Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalist organization, we are concerned about our ...

Columnists

A roundup of miscellaneous observations

As nature writers, we see (and think) about a lot of odd stuff. Herewith, some items not worthy ...

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