Mar 5, 2017
The Plastic Iceberg
Yesterday, for the first time in a year, our family nature club set forth on a mission... and triumphed. But our success was bittersweet....
Jan 5, 2017
Beach Bliss
To finish the old year on a high note, and to see in 2017 as we mean to go on, we went on a family camping trip after Christmas to the...
Nov 17, 2016
The Avatar
I’m generally a watery person, but I’ve always liked forests and in my fourth decade of life I have especially come to appreciate the...
Nov 9, 2016
Deafened by Nature
I recently returned from a two week visit to the heart of Manu National Park in southeastern Peru. Cocha Cashu is the name of a small...
Aug 21, 2016
The Joys of Camping Wild
I have my husband to thank for introducing me to wild camping. Our first trip together, twenty-five years ago, was to somewhere in the...
Jul 20, 2016
Bats in My Belfry
I like bats. No, don't turn away. Let me explain why. Ever since I taught a young bat to fly twenty years ago, they hold a special place...
Jul 12, 2016
A Boy and His Toadlets
When it comes to nature, there is nothing that pleases my son more than small creatures. One of my earliest photos of Luca shows him as a...
Jun 17, 2016
Little Otter Meets Giant Otter
Have you ever wondered how one otter species would react if it met another? I did, and for a long time. Peru is fortunate to count no...
