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Connect with Nature Online

Here's an easy way to grow your connectedness. Each blog post is a humorous, relevant, and short six-part essay on a Nature topic. They'll help you notice and make sense of the important things next time you're outside.

Jun 6, 20214 min read

Geo-phyto-philia

Here's a new nature series just in time for spring..."Earth Plants". Formally known as geophytes—geo for Earth, phyte for plant—most...

Jan 19, 20215 min read

A Fall Retrospective

We're well into winter now, but I think fall is a timeless season, worth celebrating any month of the year... Now that things are all...

Jun 28, 20194 min read

Big White Blossoms

big white blossoms- exploration of driving forces behind this spring phenomenon

May 9, 20195 min read

Spring: Act I--The Annuals

Spring annuals are like a cast of characters in a play

Mar 29, 20194 min read

Drought... Ugh

A new 6 part miniseries..."This Is What Drought Looks Like". Here we are, in the middle of a bunch of atmospheric river storms, but that...

Nov 4, 20183 min read

Leaves--The Miniseries

Part 1 in a new miniseries "Leaves"... It's true, they're not much more than solar panels for plants. Except that they're also absolutely...

Aug 1, 20183 min read

Secret Lives of Plants Miniseries

Here is the next Nature miniseries: "The Secret Lives of Plants". Since we are in the middle of the growing season, it's time to take a...