- Mar 21, 2015
The Andes of Peru
The Andes of Peru Fickle skies, blue as a kingfisher’s wing, Crouching clouds casting cool shadows On gap-toothed, patchwork mountain...
- Mar 15, 2015
Without You
The kids never tire of asking me: “What’s your favourite animal, Mum?” I can tell they’re disappointed when I say “Well, I love all of...
- Feb 19, 2015
Old Friends
A recent article in The Guardian by SF Said, "Children's books are never just for children" (16 February 2015), lamented the lack of...
- Nov 16, 2014
An Ecstasy of Animals
We’ve all heard of a pack of wolves, a colony of bats and a herd of deer, but other collective animal names are less well known and much...
- Nov 13, 2014
Kasanka
This is a modest little poem I was moved to write one day after witnessing, what seemed to me, nothing short of a miracle at a place...
- Jun 5, 2014
Club NaturaNiños
First published on http://blog.childrenandnature.org/2014/06/05/las-recompensas-del-aire-libre-en-peru-club-naturaninos-comparte-los-done...
- Apr 10, 2014
The Story of Sea Glass
This photo is of my collection of sea glass - sharp, jagged bits of bottle tumbled and tossed in the waves, rolled over and over in the...