Is it Fall or Winter? A Murder of Crows - Photo by Author A murder of crows descended on the utility wire this morning, then on the roof...

Reconnecting to the tides of life Waves crashed against the rocks at the beach, docks were swamped in the harbor and the estuary was...

Each season of life, just like the Earth's seasons, has times of prosperity and times of decline.

By Ruth Ann Angus It is New Year’s Day, and I am stashing away the Christmas gifts, socks in the sock drawer, cat treats on the shelf,...

By Ruth Ann Angus Marbled Godwits, Long Billed Curlews, Willets, Dowitchers, Dunlins and Sandpipers in the Morro Bay estuary by Ruth Ann...

In my young years, the only things that kept me close to the wild country were the woods behind the garage and beyond the grape arbor; a...

New Green It is lovely to watch the sunlight The breeze flowing through the leaves To listen to the silence New green everywhere Poppies,...

Travel has changed since the onset of Covid 19 and we here on the Central Coast of California feel it especially because this is a...

Snowy egrets like to dance. At least that’s what it looks like when they shuffle their bright yellow feet in the muddy bottom of ponds...

There is nothing fresher than produce just picked and placed on your table and that is the premise that community supported agriculture...

Admittedly, January 6, 2021 was a dark day in our country. As I sat and watched rioters storming the Capitol, I couldn’t help but think...

I’ve been in. Like they said we should be. But not because of the deadly virus. I’ve been in recovering from my second heart ablation...

Garden City. You would think it was a beautiful place filled with flowers, but that was not what greeted me as I saw our new house at 254...

I can’t remember the sound of my father’s voice. I remember how he looked in his long gray sweater, a cap on his head or a fedora for...

Probably the most recognizable birds in the estuary at Morro Bay are the herons. Of these large wading birds great egrets are most...

The name popped on the Facebook notice, it was Richard Palmer’s birthday. Did I want to send him a greeting? Sure. I’d love to send a...

I lost my first love today. Fred Hill. A football hero for a five-foot-six-inch guy who could carry the ball and run like blazes down the...

When Silvio was growing up in the Sacramento Valley the sky would darken with the flight of wild geese overhead. Perhaps millions of them...

This is a lovely drive in the country on back roads and is best in springtime when the hills are green. Turn off the 101 Freeway 42 miles...

So the rains came and all 1.40 inches that fell in Morro Bay slipped underneath my garage door and flooded the interior. Yes, I know...