Geo-phyto-philia
Here's a new nature series just in time for spring..."Earth Plants". Formally known as geophytes—geo for Earth, phyte for plant—most...
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Here's an easy way to grow your connectedness. Each blog post is a humorous, relevant, and short six-part essay on a Nature topic. They'll help you notice and make sense of the important things next time you're outside.
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- Mar 18
- 4 min
Snow Tracks
New miniseries "Snow Tracks". It's about how snow is such a blank slate, how it records everything that passes over its surface. Mostly...
- Jan 19
- 5 min
A Fall Retrospective
We're well into winter now, but I think fall is a timeless season, worth celebrating any month of the year... Now that things are all...
- Sep 16, 2020
- 5 min
Voracious
A look into the nuanced life of caterpillars
- Jul 30, 2020
- 5 min
A Case for Nature (6 words)
An argument for the value of Nature
- Jun 5, 2020
- 6 min
Liken' Lichen
Lichen, so intriguing...
- Mar 30, 2020
- 5 min
Sky Detectives
Starting a new miniseries--"Sky Detectives". You could check your phone for the weather forecast, or you could just look up into the sky....
- Feb 16, 2020
- 5 min
Deer in Winter
How do mule deer survive the winter?
- Dec 6, 2019
- 5 min
That's the Way the Rockies Crumble
A quick trip into rocks and the mountains they make
- Oct 8, 2019
- 5 min
Rabbitbrush Central Station
The rabbitbrush is host to a parade of interesting characters
- Sep 2, 2019
- 4 min
The Clouds of Summer
Clouds in all their glory, and physics
- Aug 5, 2019
- 5 min
Rivers!!
Starting a new miniseries now that it's full-on summer..."Rivers!!" Like the kayaker here, I get all excited about this part of the...
- Jun 29, 2019
- 4 min
Big White Blossoms
big white blossoms- exploration of driving forces behind this spring phenomenon
- Jun 10, 2019
- 4 min
Spring: Act II, The Melt
The amazing phenomenon of snowmelt
- May 10, 2019
- 5 min
Spring: Act I--The Annuals
Spring annuals are like a cast of characters in a play
- Mar 29, 2019
- 4 min
Drought... Ugh
A new 6 part miniseries..."This Is What Drought Looks Like". Here we are, in the middle of a bunch of atmospheric river storms, but that...
- Feb 4, 2019
- 4 min
Surprising Things with Explanations
New Series: "How'd that get here? Just about strange things you find in Nature that have an interesting backstory. This first post...
- Dec 18, 2018
- 3 min
Water in All Its Forms
First post in the new miniseries "Water in All its Forms". It's my favorite element, being a Pisces and all. Maybe water's most...
- Nov 4, 2018
- 3 min
Leaves--The Miniseries
Part 1 in a new miniseries "Leaves"... It's true, they're not much more than solar panels for plants. Except that they're also absolutely...
- Sep 1, 2018
- 3 min
Timing is Everything Miniseries
Beginning our next series called "Timing is Everything", because in Nature, it is. Just like with people, relationships, sports, and...