A naturalist-teacher's wonderment and perplexity in light of the perilous State of the Planet~a teachable moment? Do feel free to leave comments. The conversation helps me know I'm not a tree falling in the forests and stimulates me to dig deeper.
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Field and Ground
Pending any post of a more ambitious nature (in progress) I’ll just share a few images and snippets and that will take away some of the guilt of my lethargy and shame over my generally unproductive and fully forgettable summer of ‘26.
Fir...
Walking Wendell Home
I walk in the much-too-warm of a modern summer in the current age as the daylight spills across the curved arc of morning, seen from space. I am exactly there, mid-continent mid-latitude, a tiny speck on the newly skylit curve, greeting the...
Butterflies: Will Our Grandchildren Know Them?
NOTE: This post was sent by mistake to only my faithful paid subscribers and I was not able to edit and resend to everyone. So to the former group, bear with me as you see this post one more time. With any luck it won’t happen again.
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The Illusive Butterfly
Once upon a time, butterflies and moths were abundant in August.
When I took entomology at Auburn in the 70s, a visit to the light towers near the tennis courts was always good for a half-dozen different moths (and giant roach-like water...
Lost and Found And the Goal of Being Present-Minded
First let me admit it and get it out of the way--I found the missing camera.
Two days after my pitiful confession here earlier this week, I just gave up the active hunt and tried the passive approach.
I ceased striving, anguishing, strai...
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Author, naturalist, photographer watching Nature under siege since the first Earth Day. Cautiously hopeful. Writing to think it through. Thanks for joining me.
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