Category: Communities – Columbia

By NANCY JANE KERN   A DOE AND HER FAWN shot across the lawn in apparent terror. Some seconds later a wild-eyed eight-point buck bounded through in […]

By NANCY JANE KERN THE WHITE PINE TREES around the house begin to get scruffy this time of year. This is a normal phenomenon and is […]

By NANCY JANE KERN LOOKING BACK from my now senior status I did not have the usual or dull childhood. This was partly from living on […]

By NANCY JANE KERN “ONCE IN A BLUE MOON” is a saying that denotes a rare occurrence and is a moon that rises about once in […]

By NANCY JANE KERN WE WERE THE FIRST DINERS to arrive at a small restaurant, and as we reached for the entrance door, a strange glittery […]

By NANCY JANE KERN DOGS HAVE SUCH A RELATIVELY SHORT LIFE that saying goodbye to one may come several times in one’s lifetime. About the only […]

By NANCY JANE KERN WE ARE WELL into our summer season, with fall not far away. Most of the birds have nested and their offspring are […]

By Nancy Jane Kern MOM! There are dragonflies mating on your back! My poor mother turned around in the water with a startled look over her […]

By NANCY JANE KERN WHAT A UNIQUE PLANT that entertained children and intrigued adults for years. My mother loved taking us small children for walks through […]