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Connect with Nature Digitally

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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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...

Nov 9, 2020
6 min

Bikes and Rocks

New miniseries..."Bikes and Rocks". It's a geologic record of a backroads bike trip we took this summer across a respectable chunk of the...

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

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

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...

Oct 16, 2018
3 min

LIZARDS! (The LIZARD Miniseries)

Starting our next miniseries, this time focusing on LIZARDS! That's meant to be in all caps and full of excitement. Not only because we...

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...

Aug 1, 2018
3 min

Secret Lives of Plants Miniseries

Here is the next Nature miniseries: "The Secret Lives of Plants". Since we are in the middle of the growing season, it's time to take a...

Jul 6, 2018
3 min

The Land is Alive Miniseries

Beginning the next series of posts. This time it's about landscapes, and how they can almost seem alive. Sometimes soft and gentle. Other...

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