Adirondack Explorer

On the wild side

arly in my evolution as a naturalist, the illogic of putting wildflowers and trees in separate field guides dawned on me. Unlikely as it may seem, this botanical epiphany led to love, marriage and children. Here’s how it happened. One evening a good many years back, a brilliant and beautiful young woman sat in the front row of a lecture hall where I was

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