Stand By Me
Maybe it’s because the word refers to the ultimate oblivion, or maybe it’s because most of us think of polar bears stranded on melting...
Tally Ho
Since the inception of the National Park Service 100 years ago, individual parks have kept lists of what animals and plants live in them....
Nature: The Brand
Doug Tompkins, prematurely deceased at age 72 by way of a kayaking accident, leaves a cadre of older conservationists behind, many of...
Time’s Flaming Arrow
A little more than a week ago I drove into Yosemite National Park for a week-long, California Master Naturalist immersion course. I was...
Precarious Ark
The title is a bit of a sledgehammer. Would you guess that The Annihilation of Nature: Human Extinction of Birds and Mammals is a...
Here and Now
“Here and Now” would seem to direct one’s attention to the present, but the past is not far behind in this inspiring film made by the Bay...
Moving Masses
Last week my 15-year old son and I did a “fast raft” whale watch in Monterey Bay. It was wild! At one point our boat was surrounded by...
Shhhhh... Don’t Tell My Book Group
Okay it’s still summer so a lot of reading and attention to my book group going on here. Also, a month ago I turned in a major revision...
The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name
A couple of nights ago my book group met at the home of one of our members, abutting a huge nature reserve in the East Bay. The sun...
Unconsoled
Well I have to be thankful to Jonathan Franzen for one thing – he’s pushed me out of my blog blues. His essay in the New Yorker about why...
