Nestled just next to a winding stretch of Monkton Road, across from the rushing Gunpowder River, sits an old brick grist mill that was once a cornerstone of pre-Revolutionary War life in this part of northern Baltimore County, Maryland. After stints as an antique shop and a cidery, the mill sat abandoned, the 300-year-old walls […]
On a March morning in 1984, I learned that maple sap is, in fact, not sweet. I had waited in line behind the other children in bowl haircuts and puffer jackets in primary colors. When it was my turn, I held my finger under the spigot screwed into a maple tree. Clear liquid, the consistency […]
Life deals us the unexpected, and in 2020, the dealer was busy. As a scientist, I knew a pandemic was likely in my lifetime, but I did not expect it to arrive in the early months of 2020. I did not expect our homes to become schools and workplaces, and simple gestures like a handshake […]
