Tag Archives: naturalist

Seventeen Year Itch

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Roger Gosden

Back in 1996, Bill Clinton was still in his first term of office, Charles and Diana agreed to divorce, the Unabomber was apprehended, and Ella Fitzgerald died. That year I hadn’t even dreamed of moving permanently to North America: I … Continue reading →

Posted in Animalia | Tagged Bible, birds, cicada, Death, eggs, locust, mast seeding, naturalist, Richmond, science | 7 Comments

The Good, the Bad, and the Cannibals

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Roger Gosden

The cannibal hungrily carved muscle from the girl’s body; then he broke “Jane’s” skull open to scoop out brain matter. But it was neither in New Guinea nor in the Amazon jungle that her corpse was plundered; it happened in … Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir | Tagged cannibal, naturalist, New Guinea, Papua, shark | 7 Comments

The Red Gods Call

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Roger Gosden

When I fly out of JFK airport and can look out from a window seat I gaze at the empty marsh below instead of the Manhattan skyline after our wheels lift off runway 4L. I’m thinking about Bob Morris, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir | Tagged medicine, naturalist, New York, Robert Morris, surgery | 2 Comments

Serendipity or Chance

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Roger Gosden

The King of Serendip (Sri Lanka) sent his three sons away to a foreign country to experience life in the real world. They got into trouble, as boys will, when a merchant accused them of stealing a camel he had … Continue reading →