December 20, 2023The rain-saturated reefs of mosses and lichens growing throughout the arboretum soften my eyes and quiet my mind. The Ruby-crowned…
December 12, 2023What super-cool insect has some of the traits of a walking stick, a praying mantis, and a water strider but…
December 4, 2023The cottonwood leaves are golden. They shimmer against an infinite blue like reflections of the sun’s rays across the surface…
November 30, 2023Most of the creatures described in this column are from insect orders like Diptera (flies) or Coleoptera (beetles) that have…- November 16, 2023In the light of the tilting earth, the wind sweeps in rain and cool air, igniting the landscape in a…
