It is the gift of stories that most repays life among settled people.

“the crushed carcasses of slugs and frogs mixing with the Cretaceous carbons of …”

“still other winters average their rain months into a long, cold season of relen…”

“Along with rising and falling water, winter is the province of wind. When the s…”

“That kind of walk is nice when it happens, but I'll take four minutes now and t…”