Digging in the Dirt

When I headed off to college over forty years ago, unsure of what I wanted to do with my life, my younger sister recommended taking a course in archaeology. If it didnโ€™t pan out, I could always use the units to meet my humanities requirement. At the time, we lived...

An Accidental Birder

My first bird feeder was an afterthought. The backyard was barren after years of California drought. I was eager to plant bushes and trees and build raised beds to grow vegetables. I thought a feeder might look nice between the Japanese Maple and a rosemary bush. I...

Lessons From a Young Condor

When I attended university thirty years ago with an interest in science, the curriculumโ€™s focus was both the subject matter and how to view the world objectively. It was an education for worlds unknown to me โ€” the social lives of insects, the intricacies of human...

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