It would be difficult to design a bird with worse manners than a turkey vulture. As a scavenger, its raison d’etre is... Read More
This may sound at first like a ghost story, but in fact, it concerns survival. I was out running in... Read More
I love hiking in the fall. It’s a season of enhanced sensory pleasures. The crisp air seems scrubbed clean and... Read More
I met my first tarantula a few years back, when I was living in Tucson, Arizona. The hairy creatures often... Read More
Last January, it snowed in Victoria. (Don’t snicker, now, those of you from places where winter is a full-fledged season.)... Read More