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By LAURIE D. MORRISSEY

When I worked on a college campus, a northern mockingbird often accompanied me on the walk between my car and my office. This slender gray bird darted from the hedges, flashing white wing patches and outer tail feathers before landing on a crabapple...

By LAURIE D. MORRISSEY

Here come real stars to fill the upper skies, / And here on earth come emulating flies, / That though they never equal stars in size, / (And they were never really stars at heart) / Achieve at times a very star-like start . . . ”— Robert Frost,...

By LAURIE D. MORRISSEY

Call it a flower or call it a weed — clover is a plant everyone knows. Who hasn’t idled away an hour hunting for a four-leaf clover, hoping for good luck?A member of the legume family, clover is common in lawns and fields, in disturbed sites, and...