Coldwell Banker created a video to show prospective home buyers some activities in Western MA…and the filming crew visited one of our Homeschool Programs in Spring of 2019. Would you or your kids like to learn a little more about wilderness surviaval? Would you like to just get your kids off their phones and outside […]
Check out these wonderful photos of our recent Weekend of Workshops! Don’t miss the next one! Berries, Baskets & Brook Trout (August 5 & 6 in Conway, MA)!
Will you answer the call? Why the River? So what’s going on down by our rivers and streams? There is so much happening as rivers have totally shaped our world. They are constantly moving along the earth—creating habitat, moving mountains, building webs to connect us all. We have built our communities near them—as well as […]
A Beautiful Hike in the Foothills of the Berkshires… It’s a beautiful spring day, and the sun is going in and out of the clouds. It’s cold at night and warm during the day…just right for the maple sugaring season. It’s been a cold winter, and I look forward to being able to get into […]
By Arianna & Frank Grindrod Spring is in the air; in the yellow spotted salamander’s feet marching across the snow; in the trill of the Spring Peeper announcing his space and his availability as a mate; and the quiet patience of the Fairy Shrimp waiting between the mud and ice for their home to thaw. […]
By Arianna Fingers of twilight etch the sky the landscape is a slumbering body bruised purple from holding the sweet weight of the sun’s warmth. Day bids a lingering farewell to the mountains illuminating grassy mounds in hot gold and pink. As the landscape slips into darkness wind blown flickers of lightning taste the tall […]
Winter has come and gone, and spring is clearly unfolding: the birdsong, the wildflowers, the bursting of shoots braking through the Earth’s surface in fertile ground, the trees leafing out, the warmer days as frogs sing, and then in the spring, showers are coming as the ice melts off the mountains, bringing it down through […]
Look, Listen, Feel, Touch and Taste Deep Listening, There Is More Going on than You Think The sounds of spring are all around us. There is a BIG difference in hearing and listening. Hearing can be passive. Listening causes us to reach out with our senses to become more present in the moment. We may […]