I’ve lived in rural New England for over forty years. That’s where I explore, cut firewood, tend a garden, do research and take pictures. Here and elsewhere in the Northeast, I’ve observed many of the organisms and ecological processes that Robert Frost described in his poems. He was a naturalist and farmer, as well as a poet. Much of Frost’s poetry is an intersection of natural history and art. My book elucidates that intersection.
This blog is about natural history, ecology, environmental history, and growing up in America. I hope you can find connections with what I’ve written. Please share your insights.
July 26, 2019 at 4:42 pm
Beautifully written & gorgeous photos, looking forward to seeing more!
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July 26, 2019 at 4:49 pm
Thanks, Christine! I will try to keep it interesting. I always enjoy your field photos on FB!
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July 27, 2019 at 10:10 pm
Hi Owen, thanks for sharing the link to your blog. I love this and will enjoy continuing to read it now that I know it exists. Super!!!
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July 27, 2019 at 10:12 pm
I will try to post something at least once a week. We’ll see!
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July 26, 2019 at 6:23 pm
Your photos are incredibly beautiful! Would it be possible to send me electronic copies of the first 2 so I can print them and frame them? LB
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July 26, 2019 at 6:27 pm
Linda,
Thank you! Glad you like them! I’ll be happy to send you the pictures, but it looks as though the website changes the order from time to time. If you describe which ones they are, then I’ll send the right ones.
Owen
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July 27, 2019 at 10:18 pm
Owen, your writing on Peace and the depth of your caring for your father, and your cat, was very moving. Thank you for sharing such devotion and intimacy.
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July 26, 2019 at 6:40 pm
Let’s see if the order is in fact changing: right now, the first two are the autumn farm below the hillside and the lily pads. Are those the ones you want?
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May 17, 2026 at 3:01 pm
I think you were a Botany TA at Cornell in 1975 and led a field trip to a woods in the spring. Details are fuzzy, I’m thinking I went with a friend and had already taken the course in the fall. You were so inspiring and helped my journey in nature.
(The TA I had was religious, lecherous, and married all at the same time. You were so different.)
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May 17, 2026 at 8:56 pm
I was a TA then, but in General Biology. There were several nice people there at the time who could have been your guide. I’m glad you connected with someone and had a good experience!
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May 23, 2026 at 2:35 pm
Good point, it must have been Bio 101, but it was you! My friend and I both remember you. With lectures for 1000 highly competitive students who wanted to be doctors or vets, we felt lost in that class. You added much needed humanity to the lab section. My friend wanted to study ecology, but eventually left Cornell, while I gritted my teeth and made my way in agronomy. We’re sure you were also a wonderful professor!
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