“In mid-May, the first horseshoe crabs started to emerge from Plum Island Sound in Northern Massachusetts. But this year they would have a special significance for a planet riddled with an insidious new COVID-19 coronavirus.” “The first crab seen was a female … Continue reading →
By Bill Sargent “Palm Sunday started with the cries of a pair of courting osprey wheeling and diving overhead.” “Our species was approaching the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, but here was nature heralding a new day.” “Tidepools glittered with the … Continue reading →
Ryan Vachon, Ph.D. is a keynote speaker, Research Scientist with the University of Colorado’s, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, video and photography consultant, film personality, and author. Dr. Vachon is reading prose written by Bill Sargent whose words are … Continue reading →
By Bill Sargent “We’ve been hearing a lot of the expression, “We’re all in the same boat.” And while it sounds good, is it really true?” “My life hasn’t changed very much during isolation. I still write alone every day, … Continue reading →
In April thousands of people started to upload images of improvements to their local environments and download them to the waiting world. They were not acting like the centralized brain of an advanced organism but like the network of interconnected … Continue reading →
As I See It Bill Sargent, The Daily News of Newburyport, Edition February 29, 2020 “Bruce Kudrick had a problem. The head of the Hooksett wastewater treatment plant explained it to Steve Sylvan of Graves Engineering.” “We have almost twice as many … Continue reading →
As I See It Bill Sargent, The Daily News of Newburyport, Edition February 15, 2020 “On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I entered the National Wildlife Refuge parking area and headed north. My plan was to walk the four-mile length of … Continue reading →
As I See It Bill Sargent, The Daily News of Newburyport, Edition December 13, 2019 “Merrimac Sports is an all-round sporting goods store where you can buy rods, reels, bait, Christmas trees and even fresh lobsters sitting in a quietly burbling … Continue reading →
As I See It Bill Sargent, The Daily News of Newburyport, Edition December 7, 2019 “If we work with nature there is a cheap, efficient way to protect the homes on Northern Reservation Terrace. It would be to transport 6,000 cubic yards … Continue reading →
As I See It Bill Sargent, The Daily News of Newburyport, Edition November 15, 2019 “On Oct. 9, I drove to Newburyport to photograph Plum Island before the first northeaster of the erosion season.” “Dubbed Melissa, the subtropical storm had stalled … Continue reading →
