I love children’s books. They are my “go-to” source for straightforward explanations of difficult scientific concepts as well as a reassuring fount of seemingly simple but actually quite astute and often great wisdom. Consider this: A few weeks ago we were down at the beach watching waves. Digging deep into my graduate school education (what [...]
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Waves: Explained
Posted in Environment, Literary Nature Writing, Natural History, tagged dorling kindersley, Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Books, Oregon Coast Photography, oregon coastline, waves, Wind in the Willows on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Wayfarers All—Always
Posted in Literary Nature Writing, Natural History, Oregon, Western Travel Writing, tagged Port Orford OR, Wind in the Willows on September 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today marks the first anniversary of owning our Port Orford home on the southern Oregon coast. It also marks that day when, like all the other living creatures around us, I stuck my nose in the wind and sensed that change, that under-note of coolness. The sun is noticeably lower in the sky, it sets [...]
Wayfarers All
Posted in Literary Nature Writing, Natural History, Western Photography, tagged New Mexico autumn, southwestern autumn photography, western birds, Wind in the Willows on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The Water Rat was restless, and he did not exactly know why….ever observant of all winged movement, [he] saw that it was taking daily a southing tendency….It was difficult to settle down to anything seriously, with all this flitting going on.” from Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. All this “flitting going on,” as [...]
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