Category Archives: nature
Indigo Bunting
The canary yellow of goldfinches in summer may be more eye-catching, but the male Indigo Bunting is an attention grabber, far more than the female who might pass as a brown sparrow unless you noticed her white throat. It takes … Continue reading
Bald Eagle
I often look up to check for a flash of white on the head or tail of a large bird soaring overhead or ascending a thermal. Not so many years ago, it was a red-letter day to see a Bald … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Inge Curtis birds, nature
Tagged bald eagle, Loblolly pine
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Androgenic Anxiety and COVID-19
Early this morning, January 1, 2021, three minutes after midnight, the last human being to be born on earth was killed … Thus begins Children of Men, a dystopian novel by P.D. James (1992). A sudden and unexplained loss of … Continue reading
Posted in Assisted reproductive technology, Fertility, Health, nature
Tagged ACE-2, Children of Men, COVID-19, ICSI, infertility, sperm count
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
These tiny birds look like cute Christmas tree decorations. Inge photographed this male and female who probably arrived recently in Virginia as winter residents or transients. Ruby-crowned Kinglets breed in the north and west where they announce their territory with … Continue reading
Posted in Inge Curtis birds, nature
Tagged Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Virginia birds
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Bonchurch through Time
My great grandma bought this watercolor by a minor artist of an Isle of Wight scene a century ago. It has hung in our family homes ever since. A housemaid carrying a basket is walking up a winding lane scoured … Continue reading
Posted in History, nature
Tagged Bonchurch, Charles Dickens, Isle of Wight, Lord Tennyson
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 