Published November 5, 2015 Tree House Until moving to the mountains of northeast Tennessee, I have never lived anyplace where nature is so closely tied to the calendar. […]
Published July 16, 2015 Mantis prayer The praying mantis is named for its posture of apparent prayer with its forelegs as seen in this photo. I imagine this […]
Published October 14, 2015 Autumn skipper Though few of these butterflies overwinter they fly well into autumn. Some flowers linger in an open field by my creek and […]
Published August 7, 2014 Bushmeat and the Ebola connection Thirty years ago, I went on an expedition to climb Mt. Bintumani, the highest mountain in Sierra Leone. It took the better […]