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Woman with umbrella under cherry blossoms with the Washington Monument in the background.

#StandWithUkraine

Posted on March 10, 2022March 9, 2022 by Melanie Choukas-Bradley

As cherry blossom season approaches once more in Washington, DC, our hearts go out to the people of Ukraine, who are showing the world courageous resilience in the face of unspeakable aggression.

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Rock Creek Park in winter. (Photo: Susan Austin Roth)

Some Winter Frost and a Wise Berry

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Melanie Choukas-Bradley

Happy Winter Solstice & Serene New Year! Here are three gifts of poetry and music to help you celebrate the magic of the winter season.

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Dogwood drupes fuel the southern migration of many birds. Photo by Susan Austin Roth

Autumn Abundance & 5 Quirky Ways to Celebrate It

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Melanie Choukas-Bradley

Autumn in the “City of Trees,” and from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay, is one long season of flowering, fruiting and vibrant color. Celebrate this magical time in some quirky ways!

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Hiking signs on Randolph Mountain Club footpaths in New Hampshire.

Rainy Day Walk in the White Mountains

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Melanie Choukas-Bradley

During a difficult summer, I find refuge on a series of interconnected 19th-century footpaths in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The rain-soaked spruces and firs and wildly running mountain brooks bring comfort and joy. (Note: This blog was written before Hurricane Ida. My heart goes out to everyone in the path of the storm.)

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Brood X on Theodore Roosevelt Island

Posted on June 8, 2021August 30, 2021 by Melanie Choukas-Bradley

Brood X has emerged from 17 years underground and is serenading us with an otherworldly chorus. These amazing periodical cicadas inspired me to write my first published poem, comparing their mathematically determined arrival with our own shaky emergence from the pandemic.

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Close-up of pinxterbloom azalea in Rock Creek Park by Susan Austin Roth

May Musings

Posted on May 6, 2021August 30, 2021 by Melanie Choukas-Bradley

Take a virtual spring stroll through Rock Creek Park under the newly leafed canopy. The wild azaleas are blooming and the wood thrush is back!

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Nature’s First Green Is Gold in Rock Creek Park

“Nature’s First Green Is Gold”

Posted on March 30, 2021August 30, 2021 by Melanie Choukas-Bradley

This year spring comes with added expectations. Will our year-long pandemic yield a true metaphorical spring along with our actual one?

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Theodore Roosevelt has had many visitors after the snow

Withy Like the Willow

Posted on February 5, 2021August 30, 2021 by Melanie Choukas-Bradley

This week we received a multi-day blessing in Washington, a city much in need of a blessing: snow, our first real snow in two years.

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Trees line the way to Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill’s Witnesses to History

Posted on January 11, 2021August 30, 2021 by Melanie Choukas-Bradley

“Our dear precious Capitol Grounds trees stand tall today. I feel these trees are all Witness Trees.”

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Winter sunset at Hains Point

Become a Winter Wanderer in the “City of Trees”

Posted on December 15, 2020August 30, 2021 by Melanie Choukas-Bradley

“There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes.” Winter in Washington offers unparalleled beauty to the trained eye.

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