Helen Binney Kitchel: Champion of Nature

Helen Binney Kitchel: Champion of Nature

Helen Binney Kitchel in a 1970s newspaper clipping From Connecticut Woodlands magazine, Summer 2015   A few years ago, Greenwich local history librarian Carl White called Helen Binney Kitchel “the Rachel Carson of Greenwich, Connecticut.” The two women were very...
Four Quartets and Eight Legs

Four Quartets and Eight Legs

The Eight-Legged Thing outside the Caratunk, Maine Post Office. From left: Chris Woodside, Cay Lodine, Phil Lodine, Nat Eddy Appalachia journal, Summer/Fall 2014 Rituals fortify an Appalachian Trail trek The thin paperback’s cover bent back. My friend Phil held...