Month: February 2026

Dear Friends, I can’t complain that we were spared the worst of the storm earlier this week. I spoke with friends on Long Island who told me about 85-90mph winds coming onshore of Montauk, and my niece and nephew in Boston mentioned feet of snow. I’m sure it was a spectacular show for both locations,…

Dear Friends,   At the beginning of the year, you always see all sorts of resolutions and reading challenges that pop up online and in person. It feels like mid-February is around the time where everyone has given up on them – the lists have proven to be stressful, or uninspiring, or just more time-intensive than they expected. Maybe we put too much pressure on…

Dear Friends,     Today we are talking about a little-observed holiday: February 12th is International Darwin Day! According to darwinday.org: “The mission of International Darwin Day is to inspire people throughout the globe to reflect and act on the principles of intellectual bravery, perpetual curiosity, scientific thinking, and hunger for truth as embodied in Charles Darwin.”…

Dear Friends, A quick bee update for the winter. The population is down significantly from the summer. That is to be expected as the winter, longer-lived worker population takes over minding the hive. The Queen is staying hidden between the frames, huddling with the rest of the workers who feed her and groom her during…