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Field Notes

Field Notes

Last Friday, as the Peabody Museum reopened the last major component of a years-long renovationโ€”its third floorโ€”I felt a little like one of the many naturalists whose work has contributed...

Field Notes

Last Friday, as the Peabody Museum reopened the last major component of a years-long renovationโ€”its third floorโ€”I felt a little like one of the many naturalists whose work has contributed...

Toy Story

Toy Story

My mission seemed impossible: Find a novel Christmas gift that would delight and absorb my 6-year-old grandnephew Bodhi, an active and inquisitive boy who seems to love science and building...

Toy Story

My mission seemed impossible: Find a novel Christmas gift that would delight and absorb my 6-year-old grandnephew Bodhi, an active and inquisitive boy who seems to love science and building...

Field Day

Field Day

The fall festival at Woodbridgeโ€™s Townline Farm last Sunday was one of those golden October occasions that remind us why we love the season. Coming as it did after two...

Field Day

The fall festival at Woodbridgeโ€™s Townline Farm last Sunday was one of those golden October occasions that remind us why we love the season. Coming as it did after two...

Floral Grounds

Floral Grounds

Oh, to be a 7-year-old againโ€”or so I thought on a recent blue-sky, late-summer weekday when visiting Lavender Pond Farm in Killingworth. One such munchkin, in the company of his...

Floral Grounds

Oh, to be a 7-year-old againโ€”or so I thought on a recent blue-sky, late-summer weekday when visiting Lavender Pond Farm in Killingworth. One such munchkin, in the company of his...

Roots and Branch

Roots and Branch

The Fair Haven Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library closes an hour earlier than usual on Saturdays. The security guard was explaining this in Spanish as I walked...

Roots and Branch

The Fair Haven Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library closes an hour earlier than usual on Saturdays. The security guard was explaining this in Spanish as I walked...

Father Time

Father Time

With apologies, an overworked dad joke: Q: Whoโ€™s got the worldโ€™s best dad bod? A: The researchers with the body of dada showing how important fathers are. This Fatherโ€™s Day...

Father Time

With apologies, an overworked dad joke: Q: Whoโ€™s got the worldโ€™s best dad bod? A: The researchers with the body of dada showing how important fathers are. This Fatherโ€™s Day...