Category Archives: Nature
Pine Warbler
These cute warblers are resident in this region year-round but seen more often in fall and winter when more northerly breeders join their brethren in this warmer clime. As they feed on seeds instead of insects, they don’t need to … Continue reading
Humans Boom while Birds Crash
The United Nations estimates that our population reached 8 billion this week. In 1900, it was 1.6 billion but by the turn of the 21st century, we had grown to over 6 billion. That is nearly 2 billion more mouths … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Nature
Tagged extinction, Murmuration, Starling, world population
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The Long Stillwater
The Long Stillwater is a chapter Robert Morris, M.D. wrote to celebrate a love of nature from a trove of memories. Stillwater is hardly a dictionary word, but it made sense yesterday as I floated on a mirror-perfect patch of … Continue reading
The Boy Who Could Bee
Why should anyone care about my debut novel for middle-grade schoolchildren? THE BOY WHO COULD BEE was inspired by poring over my beehives and written under a pen name. When I recalled my uncle in England visited the famous monk-beekeeper, … Continue reading
Posted in Bee-line, beekeeping, Nature
Tagged beekeeping, Brother Adam, Buckfast Abbey, monastery, monk
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A tornado not heading to Oz
Suddenly Uncle Henry stood up. “There’s a cyclone coming …” he said. Thus, began Dorothy’s voyage over the Kansas prairie with her dog, Toto, carried by a tornado. The first warnings were the wail of the wind and bowing grass. … Continue reading
Roger musing about Peace with Nature 