Many of my essays and columns are collected in these books: Friendly Freethinker Broken Bridges A Freethinker’s Gospel Nature is […]


Many of my essays and columns are collected in these books: Friendly Freethinker Broken Bridges A Freethinker’s Gospel Nature is […]

Well, it’s been a few years, but not bad for almost 70! Our first time back on this section of […]

From our week on the North Carolina coast. . . (Sunset Beach and Green Swamp Preserve with carnivorous plants: pitchers […]

Carol spied these little screech owls on our evening walk! We even heard them try out their first “screech.”

One minute of the symphony chorus in the wild green of our mountain spring. Volume UP. . .

This “art show” caught our attention after a light morning rain. It’s the first “Joro” spider we’ve seen here in […]

After a dusting of snowfalls in our valley, the weather turned today and we enjoyed a gorgeous walk among the […]

Visiting the Sea Islands in South Carolina, we enjoyed the company of dolphins and eagles, ospreys and ibis, egrets and […]

Another of our big hairy black neighbors padded by the other day. S/he was following the mama bear and one […]

Today I got close-up and personal with a “Snowberry Clearwing” Moth! I’ve seen them dart around in the last few […]

Species spied by one set of eyes, in one “Rose of Sharon” tree-bush: (keep in mind: this is one bush, […]

It’s normal to see wildlife all over our forest neighborhood here in the Blue Ridge mountains. And… there are always […]