Published October 1, 2015 Fall Reflections The birth of impressionism had an unpromising start. The critic Louis Leroy coined the term impressionist in the title of his unflattering […]
Published July 19, 2017 Unbearably Cute Many years ago in graduate school I got a grant to study golden monkeys in China, rare primates living in the same […]
Published October 19, 2015 Bonsai Pine Stone Mountain in Georgia is almost 1700 feet tall, twice as high as the surrounding area. It is made primarily of granite […]
Published July 9, 2015 Mountains framed by trees The southern Appalachians are old mountains. They have eroded and are now mostly covered by trees. In a few spots boulders provide […]