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Tom Montgomery-Fate

Bird Wonder

Writer Tom Montgomery-Fate and his son don’t have to look far to go birding. At this time of year, there are birds aplenty at their own backyard feeder.

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Thoreau in the ‘Burbs

The Importance of Blackberries

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Channeling Thoreau

Seventeen Year Cicada

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The Herons Return

Commentator Tom Montgomery-Fate’s Midwest barn is an annual spring residence for a group of Great Blue Herons.

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Nature’s Balance

A possum feeds on fresh road kill, causing commentator Tom Montgomery-Fate to ponder the meaning of violence and the cycles of nature.

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Modern Thoreau

Although Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden” was written more than one hundred years ago, commentator Tom Montgomery-Fate finds that many of its ideas are relevant today.

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Journal of Sun

Commentator Tom Montgomery-Fate considers the cycles of the sun as he watches the days lengthen and waits for winter to melt into spring.

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The Nature of Death

Given our complex language and reasoning abilities, do human beings understand more about death and mortality than other animals…or do we just think we do? Upon witnessing the death of several small creatures, commentator Tom Montgomery-Fate reflects on what we may not know about the ending of life.

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