Apr 12 2010
I’ve joked that Facebook has eaten both my blog and my Twitter stream and you know, it’s hardly a joke. In contrast to this dear old blog, which I’ve really enjoyed, but also wrestled with, I find that I post regularly and often on Facebook. Of course, the posts tend to be shorter and often [...]
Jul 24 2009
Self-portrait by Matthew Sarver Good news for all of you who enjoy well-written, thoughtful, authoritative, and nicely-illustrated blog posts (and if that’s you, what are you doing here?). My buddy Matt Sarver has been cultivating his web presence, including launching a new blog, appropriately called The Modern Naturalist. Matt’s a great birder, naturally, but he’s also [...]
Mar 31 2009
I scheduled this post to pop during my net-absence while I was running around the forests and waterways at Sacha Lodge over the weekend, but somehow I managed to bungle it. Here it is as I’m heading home. I expected the birds in Ecuador to be amazing, but the moths have been an unanticipated treat. I’ll have more [...]
Feb 23 2009
I consider myself a pretty skeptical person–most of the time. But I think the picture below speaks for itself: A large, rapidly rotating disc-shaped object floats in the sky over a remote mountainous area know for sightings of UFOs. I want to believe–how about you? Well, the truth, as they [...]
Feb 13 2009
Dear Mexico, We’ve been seeing a lot of each other recently and I have to say, I’m more than a little smitten. I love the way you combine the transcendent with the ordinary. I love the way you keep your secrets, revealing them so slowly. I love the warmth and dignity of your people. And [...]
Dec 04 2008
We set off for a 4-night trip to northeast Mexico on Halloween. After an uneventful border crossing and about 4 hours of driving south through the ranch lands, we arrived at the Hacienda Santa Engracia, pictured above. A favorite lodging of our friend and hostess, Marci Fuller, the Hacienda was indeed charming–you could spend many [...]
Nov 14 2008
Don’t know that I’ll become a weekly participant in Skywatch Friday, but it is Friday and I had what I thought was a cool picture of the sky, so here goes. I took this picture November 1, just at sunrise, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre northwest of Ciudad Victoria, in the state of [...]
Nov 10 2008
Crossing the U.S. – Mexico border, Los Indios Free Trade Bridge The picture above was taken when we were entering Mexico on Halloween morning, nearly two weeks ago. We returned to the U.S. on Election Day, in body, anyway. In the bureaucratic world, it turns out, we are still in Mexico. Or perhaps we are [...]
