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On Osprey Time
Two by two, and sometimes three, four, or five, they rose up from the ocean floor: horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus, warrior-like in their armored, segmented shells. We humans, sixty-five strong, huddled around two naturalists as they turned over wriggling specimens (always by the shell, never by the tail) and pointed out compound eyes, bifurcated penises, bright blue eggs, and flukeworms in the gills. …
The Importance of Spring
"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it." Howard Thurman I love this time of year. Sun shines in my window earlier and earlier waking me earlier and earlier. Birds flit and sing in the trees around our home. New life abounds. In the skies I look …
To Be Honest…
How honest can I be? How much am I willing to reveal on the page? I’m not really sure, but these are questions every writer needs to ask herself. Real honesty makes one cringe a bit and I’ve had more than a few uncomfortable, cringe-worthy feelings lately. At 5:55 am last Thursday John and I …
Calling All Tricksters
"It behooves all good humans to become ever more effective storytellers." —Carolyn Casey I've had the good fortune to have sat (and played, hiked, and fire-lit) in the company of some serious tricksters. There was Teets, my old field boss, a wise-cracking guardian of Yellowstone's northern range; Shan, a fire pixie who taught me to wield …
Writing the Wild 