Interiors: Den at “Slabsides,” John Burroughs’s rustic cabin, West Park, New York.
John Burroughs, naturalist and writer, built this house in 1895 from all local materials.
The Outer Garden
Fire off Long Island: The S.S. Lexington disaster.
In January 1840, one of the earliest mass transportation disasters of the industrial age claimed 139 lives. Why did it happen?
A timely warning: The prophetic words of Rutherford B. Hayes.
What we saw in the news this week ultimately stems from what Hayes warned us about.
Year’s end: The best of the Garden in 2025.
Goodbye to 2025. Here are what I think are the best articles I wrote this year.
Have a wonderful Christmas!
Best wishes to you and yours on this holiday!
The Truce of 1914: A thought of hope for Christmas.
The famous World War I Christmas Eve truce still has lessons for us today on how to imagine a better world.
Expulsion from paradise: The civilian evacuees from Hawaii after Pearl Harbor.
Thirty thousand people fled Hawaii in the wake of Pearl Harbor. Many never returned.