‘Nature’ Archive

Civilian Conservation Corps 10/28/2011 No Comments

This story about troubled teens being exposed to nature reminds me that while there was a lot to dislike about Franklin D Roosevelt’s New Deal, the Civilian Conservation Corps got lots of young people out into the natural world doing work.  And so the Civilian Conservation Corps is something I would like to see revived. [...]

Filed under Education, Nature

Exotic Maine 07/13/2010 5 Comments

Recently my wife and I had the pleasure of going as far as you can from California and still be in the lower 48 states.  Maine is at the northeast corner of the country.  It is our easternmost state and is the only one to border on one and only one other U S state. [...]

Filed under Hotels, Nature, Travel