Gilliland, Steve

I stepped out the front door one spring morning a few years back just in time to see a large falcon-shaped bird glide low...

On June 20, 1872 the Great Seal of the United States was adopted, sporting the bald eagle at its center, and for the past...

  When my brother had his cabin deep in the southern Ohio woods, carpenter bees, known there as wood bees were a big problem. They...

I often just shake my head at people who rebuild in the same exact location time-and-again after their homes are destroyed by storms, and...

Do you ever contemplate the things you’ve done that leave you wondering why you weren’t killed doing them? One such incident always comes to...

I remember a turkey hunt along the river some years back and the discovery that it led us to.  We had hunted along the...

Turkey vultures serve as Nature’s cleanup crew, so they get a bad rap on several fronts. But if you can get past how they...

I have used this column before, but seeing as how I’m already reading warnings about poison ivy this spring, I don’t feel bad about...

Even though no early morning hunt has ever failed to provide me something entertaining to see or hear from God’s Creation, the older I...

I occasionally help provide programs for the independent and assisted living portion of our local nursing / retirement home, Pleasant View Home. Monday, we...