Black and White Warbler, 09.18.2018 She was bright yellow and grey and lying on the sidewalk outside my front door. I’d never seen a bird like that before – I was struck by the delicate beauty of this little creature and the fact that she was dead. Traveling south for the winter, she’d had a […]
Silver-Spotted Skipper, 09.20.2018 Yesterday, as I was out on my walk, I spotted this little darling having a rest outside the Cornhusker Hotel. He kindly allowed me to take his picture. The gusty afternoon must have tired him out. He is a Silver-Spotted Skipper (epargyreus clarus), a tiny butterfly that can be found most places […]
It has been seventeen years since the events of September 11, 2001. I have spent over half of my life on the other side of that day. I’m now beginning to come to grips with all that’s changed. I was one month away from my sixteenth birthday. I had never heard the term millennial, much […]
