Within Birds’ Hearing I am enfeebled by this torrent of light. Each afternoon seems the last for me. Hammered by the sun, I am like a desiccated... Yonder 09 Apr 2025 | 11:18
In honor of Buddy At first light when I stirred, my stomach dropped. For the past month and a half, I’ve gotten used to jumping out of bed,... Yonder 06 Mar 2025 | 11:36
Upon arriving in Norwich, Vermont, the writer was welcomed by a congratulatory sign made by his niece. ( Mark Horberg) Grouser Road After renovating an old farmhouse and retiring in 2024, I realized that I could literally walk, God willing, out my front... Yonder 25 Nov 2024 | 11:56
Italian Maremma puppies Hashishkebab (Shish) and Chicharron (Chicha) in front of the new deer fence. ( Bing Cheah) A fence can set you free One of our permaculture advisors has a farm in New Jersey called Fields Without Fences. Idyllic, isn’t it? The image of a... Yonder 25 Sep 2024 | 01:16
Straus taking in the view on the W Trek in Patagonia. Trekking while female As a woman, I’ve always been afraid. Afraid of the man walking past me on a poorly lit street, afraid to walk in the dark,... Yonder 07 May 2024 | 11:31
A real fisherman To be a real fisherman you have to be able to hook worms, get fish off the hook once you’ve caught them, and then ultimately... Yonder 21 Feb 2024 | 11:41
The writer, center, with brothers Jack and Andy, on his way to jungle combat training in May, 1969. ( Photo provided) Crazy vet: ‘Progressive and incurable’, a psychologist called his condition I was once diagnosed paranoid and/or paranoid schizophrenic. That was a year after I returned from Vietnam. “Progressive and... Yonder 21 Nov 2023 | 12:15
Stewart, on vacation but nonetheless armed with camera and notebook, chats with a buffalo farm worker during an impromptu farm visit in Bulgaria. Land of roses and hard-baked resilience Years ago, if you’d asked me what I know about Bulgaria, I’d have said, “Not much. It’s in Eastern Europe, behind the Iron... Yonder 24 Aug 2023 | 03:37
Author Jennifer McGaha with puppy Homer. ( Photo by Avery McGaha) Ode to chiggers Despite the early hour, the air was already humid, and days of rain had left the bank slippery with rotting weeds and leaves.... Yonder 08 Jun 2023 | 02:56
J’avail Haltom and her four children are pictured in the off-grid homestead of the book’s creative stylist, Lena Masur, in Upstate New York where the book was photographed. ( Allison Usavage) Sugar season meets snack time In New York’s maple-sugaring region, early spring brings the flow of sap, and my family has blissfully indulged in this gift.... Yonder 24 Feb 2023 | 10:54
Inside the author’s simple survival-model Earthship, which she shared with tropical plants like a banana (right) and papaya (left) tree. ( Janell Togno) More than a hippie hobbit house I’m forever a Jersey girl at heart, but I moved to Colorado in 2014 to pursue an education. After graduating Colorado Mountain... Yonder 09 Jan 2023 | 02:22
Geralyn Ritter, 47, Whitehouse, NJ, grimaces as she holds an 8 lb weighted ball and twists back and forth during physical therapy May 1, 2016, almost one year after surviving the May 12, 2015 Amtrak train #188 crash in Philadelphia. Ritter, a corporate lawyer and mother of three boys, was the most severely injured survivor of the crash. She has not been able to return to work yet. CLEM MURRAY ( Clem Murray) After catastrophe, the path back to joy After something awful has happened, how do you go back to feeling safe again? The pain and fear had subsided and been shallowly... Yonder 27 Sep 2022 | 02:31
"Canopy Meg" built her career studying tropical forest canopies arounf the world. Now a professor at New College in Sarasota, Florida, she designed and organized the construction of a canopy walkway and tower through the palm-oak hammock in Myakka State Park. ( Carlton Ward Jr. ) The last unexplored continent Ready, set, fire. My jerry-rigged slingshot propelled its fishing line and lead weight up and over a high, sturdy branch... Yonder 28 Jun 2022 | 12:51
The antithesis of Big Food: Egg Club “How about we start a subscription club?” I suggested to Sandra. “We could invite locals to sign up for a weekly box, delivered... Yonder 10 Mar 2022 | 10:53
Overwintering December 21, one of the two great calendar dates. People throughout the Northern Hemisphere celebrate this benchmark in different... Yonder 09 Feb 2022 | 12:37
