Marcia Bonta

  • Two Book Reviews

    I’ve decided to start periodically putting up book reviews I’ve been writing for our Juniata Valley Audubon Society’s The Gnatcatcher in the belief that reading books with a nature theme is important for those of us who love the natural world. Here is the one from the November/December 2015 issue: Recently I’ve read two novels…

  • The Masked Bandit

    It is late afternoon on May Day, and the masked bandit is standing on the stoop of our veranda door. He looks around alertly as I speak to him. “What are you doing here?” I ask. He doesn’t seem inclined to move or to answer. After all, he’s only a songbird who sings “witchedy, witchedy,”…