Through much of November it was unseasonably warm. Warm enough that it felt strange and unsettling; but also it was a few extra weeks of seeing insects, of having those little flutterings as part of life's passage. I took to leaving out honey for the
A portion of summer sunshine, banked for a dreary fall day.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #apples #applesofinstagram #wildapples #maine #nature #autumn
"The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the cities, the lies are streaming from the loudspeakers, but the earth is still going round the sun, and neither the dictators nor the bureaucrats, deeply as they d
How have Christian theologians thought about animals over the past 2,000 years? How do they think about animals now? And does the science of animal intelligence have implications for the Christian faith? . If you're interested in these questions, joi
Aster season. . . . #newenglandaster #bumblebee #beesofinstagram #autumn #oldfields #maine #nature
The @vinesanctuary book club meets this afternoon (virtually!) at 3pm EDT to discuss Meet the Neighbors. If you'd like to join in, register & come on by! . Link in Vine's bio or paste: . https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArce6sqzooE9ZnI
A northern sawyer beetle. . . . #northernsawyerbeetle #northernsawyer #beetlesofinstagram #macro #nature #maine #insects
Recently I encountered the idea that a lineage—47 million years of hummingbirds, for instance—can be understood as a single entity, and each individual unit as a hypothesis about the world. . I’m still trying to understand precisely
On the redeye from Phoenix to DC I sat next to a kid who woke me up after three hours by watching cartoons on his phone at full volume without headphones. At first I was irritated—but thanks to him I was awake for sunrise above the clouds. Ther
Pickerel friend . . . #pickerel #chainpickerel #pickerelofinstagram #freshwatersnorkeling #fish #maine #nature
It’s official: MEET THE NEIGHBORS has hatched! . It started germinating more than a decade ago. I was reporting a lot on the scientific study of animal intelligence, which has grown by leaps and bounds: the idea that all animals are conscious,
It's very important to have someone who will give your manuscript a close reading. . #animals #nature #science #newbooks #meettheneighbors #iambadatposingforphotos
Made a 4th of July excursion to watch that most quintessentially American of birds, the Northern Mockingbird. . Why so American? Can't say more because I've pitched the story and don't want to jinx it. But more to say soon, I hope 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 . #4th
There’s this stand of trees that catches the light _just so_ at mid-morning in mid-spring, when the shadbushes are blooming but the other trees have yet to finish leafing out, and each year I come a little closer to capturing it.
Blew the publicity budget on chipmunk influencers . . . #chipmunksofinstagram #chipmunks #animals #nature #meettheneighbors #newbooks
⚫️🖤 . . . #eclipse #maine #blackholesun

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