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Michael Wills: The Nature-Walking, Grandkid-Teaching, History-Weaving, Poetry-Savoring Sage of the Finger Lakes

A retired dietitian with a scholar’s brain and a poet’s soul, Michael roams from Monument Valley mesas to mossy trails in Treman Gorge, camera in hand and story on his lips. He’s a curator of wildflowers and wild thoughts, blending memoir with mythology, ecology with emotion. He’s the kind of grandfather who turns a walk in the woods into a masterclass in wonder. A lifelong learner, he dances between literary critique and fungal networks with equal grace — quoting Le Guin one moment, marveling at a Queen Anne’s Lace the next. Michael writes like he hikes: with purpose, reflection, and just enough detour to discover something beautiful.

10/06/2026

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Climbing Peters Trail above Charlebois Canyon, I found sweeping desert views, traces of human history, and the stark volcanic beauty of Peter’s Mesa.

09/29/2026

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White snakeroot around the Finger Lakes reveals a native wildflower of beauty, poison, pollinator value, layered names, and deep human history.

09/22/2026

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A September walk at Taughannock Falls reveals layered cliffs, white snakeroot, drifting clouds, Cayuga Lake, and the quiet threshold between summer and autumn.

09/15/2026

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Join Mike and Pam at Drombeg Stone Circle to explore stone hut remains and a mysterious hearth beside the Fulacht Fiadh in Ireland’s green landscape.

09/09/2026

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Discover the enchanting encounter with Frank and Rob, two tortoises at Lamberton Conservatory, that reveal stories of nature and curiosity.

09/04/2026

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A garden, migrating geese, an unexpected balloon and flowers opening after dark remind me that gratitude begins by noticing the extraordinary within ordinary life.

08/29/2026

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An persistant buzzing at an east-facing window led to an unexpected discovery: an organ-pipe mud dauber tending its earthen nest, revealing a hidden world of architecture, courtship, spider hunting…

07/21/2026

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Discover scarlet bee balm and eastern bottlebrush grass along Robert H. Treman’s South Rim Trail, where native plants reveal Finger Lakes ecology, history, and culture.

07/07/2026

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The locations are O.D. Von Engeln preserve and Robert H. Treman Park of Tompkins County, Finger Lakes Region of New York State.

White anemones at Malloryville and Treman reveal thimbleweed and Canada anemone through intimate portraits, shifting light, woodland edges, and quiet transformation from bloom to seed.

07/01/2026

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I have known rocks as obstacles, as shelter, and finally as memory. These ten photographs gather these moods: cliff, wall, ruin, creek-bed, boulder, altar, shadow screen, old page. They are not ine…

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