Allison Gillespie

November, 2006: The Voice is happy to bring back its popular column, Sligo Naturalist, authored now by its original columnist, Silver Spring resident Alison Gillespie. We'll be working on bringing archived stories from past years to this space, and we'll continue to post Alison's newest articles, including their gorgeous, full-color photos. So please visit this page again and again to enjoy what's new.

August 2007	Cicadas song
July 2007	Summer Bees, bats, and beautiful smells
June 2007	Box Turtles
May 2007	A letter to Rachel Carson on the occasion of her 100th birthday
April 2007	Listen to the creek and find the quiet in your head
March 2007	Signs of Spring, in the park and on the web
February 2007	Winter of my discontent
January 2007	Big birds of a different feather, confused in my head together
December 2006	“Of all the leaves that are in the wood, the holly bears the crown”
November 2006	An abundance of acorns