What happened to my beliefs in the innate goodness of people? Was it just youthful naivety What's going on? Is there still...
My morning view today is of phragmite plumes, backlit by the sun, moving in the breeze, and sparkling gold and silver from the dew. Against the darkness of the newly ploughed field behind my house, it’s an enchanting sight. I know why it speaks to me; it conjures up childhood fantasies. I used to find entire secret worlds in the nature around my house. And some of that enchantment still touches me when I’m outdoors, especially with my...
There are moments, these days, that I don’t understand where I can go to get the energy and motivation to stay open to world developments on so many different fronts. It’s dizzying. So much is going wrong or threatens to go wrong in the world, that I find myself growing despondent and longing to close my world down to that tiny bit I can understand and control. To begin with a truly elusive adversary: the COVID-19 pandemic. To be honest,...
These days, life is about finding and keeping one’s balance in the face of a constantly changing...
The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated our social lives and has forced people to seek comfort, affection, and freedom from boredom via social media. Is this true or is it something that Facebook would like us to believe? Actually, the truth is a lot more complicated. There’s a proverb, attributed to the Cherokee, that often appears on memes. It tells of two wolves who are always fighting. One is darkness and despair, the other is light and hope....
What do I mean by that? How could those be opposing interests? A nature photographer like myself celebrates nature, we aren’t out there to harm it. I’ve felt at home in and connected to nature my entire life. It seemed only natural to share this feeling with others. When I started focusing my photography on landscape and wildlife, it was to inspire people to love and protect our natural world. Unfortunately, my actions may be having the...
Tragedy hits a hyena family when one of the pups is killed. The harshness of nature in...
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