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Bats – not so spooky?
Words by Roseanna McNaught-Davis, art by Grace Ross With the darker nights creeping in and the spooky season drawing near, bats are something that people tend to fear! But these flying mammals have been unjustly associated with ghosts, skeletons and witches when they actually provide countless treats for the environment and humans rather than tricks!…
A Mother’s Faith
Words by Caveny Mantzaris Crimson-splattered stars land at their feet — leaves, crinkled as if burnt slowly by the low, golden sun. My children take pleasure in crunching the shriveled stars beneath their rainboots. This is the season in which they seek out stretching orchards, pluck apples from the limbs of trees, and heave ribbed…
The Winters of My Childhood
Words by Siobhan Henderson Winter is approaching, and I don’t know how to feel, I miss the days of summer warmths, the grass on my bare heel. Oh, dark and windy Scotland, how colder now you grow, I miss my winter childhood, I miss racing through the snow. The winters of my childhood are nowhere…
