Wild Speculations and Ruptured Paradigms Last summer I wrote an essay about whether climate warming will cause the extinction of the human species, so when I came across an Red Bees, Blue Bees Red Bees Henry David Thoreau felt that he would become “the laughing stock of the scientific community” if he tried On the Joy of Natural Curiosity You would think that when I am at my river cottage in Northern Michigan I would sit back, close my eyes, and relax. I have Climate Change and the Conundrum of Human Survival I have discovered that many creatures have already adapted to climate warming - I just read about a bird population in an Endless forms most beautiful…. At the very end of On the Origin of Species, after a lifetime of nature observation and discovery, Charles Darwin What About Those Whitefish? WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHITEFISH? Review of Dan Egan, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes. W.W. Norton: New York, Why Is that Seagull Hanging Out with the Pelicans? I had a break on Florida's Sanibel Island from our Michigan snow, sleet, and polar cold early this April . The Polar Bear Conundrum It is spring again, and I am slinging my binoculars around my neck to look for warbler “fall outs," when The Hare, the House Finch and the Tardigrade In my recent blog about furry little Pitas and their trouble coping with rising temperatures, I wondered whether they might develop thinner coats in time to Nature Rising? My old friend Helen Klebesadel created this vision of "Nature Rising" in watercolor. "In this painting," she explains, "the flying crow Overheated Pikas and Leaping Lizards There is no question that global warming and habitat degradation have led to the decline of natural abundance, and that A Wren in Winter After Christmas's Baroque extravagance of gold and red and tinsel and splendid carols and Messiahs are over, the simplicity of Michigan's deep Our Darkest Hour Now the dark is upon us. The late afternoons are suddenly devoid of light, plunging our spirits into an ancient human fear that Has Anyone Ever Died For Lack of Gossip? I often asked myself this question when my soul shuddered down the mute corridors of my academic department, where a heavy silence always Hope in a Time of Climate Armageddon Dear Blog subscribers: This is my Press Release for The Battle For the Black Fen with a slightly different emphasis INFINITE GAMES, INFINITE HOPES I have always loved Geoffrey Chaucer's send off to Troilus and Criseyde: "Go, lytl book, go, litel myn tragedye" (go little A Very Small Animal Entirely Surrounded by Water There is a chapter in my (tattered and torn) Winnie the Pooh when it rains and rains and rains until Piglet FOG I have always loved the fog, especially after bright hot August days in Maine when it rolled in from the Atlantic and the Review: Nina Munteanu, Water Is…:The Meaning of Water Water Is...The Meaning of Water by Nina Munteanu. Pixel Press 2016 Are you fascinated by what goes on in the Battle Writing Of course there is a battle: this novel I am working on is called The Battle for the Black Fen. « Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next »
