by Lora | Apr 21, 2021 | Nature, Travel
On this, the day of Queen Elizabeth’s ninety-fifth birthday, the loss of her husband of more years than I have been alive is especially poignant. My mother adored the queen. Maybe sharing the war years of my mother’s formative teens created a bond. Or it...
by Lora | Dec 21, 2020 | Community, Nature, Sustainability
For months in between the other songs the juke box of my brain ratchets through, and prying its way through the familiar carols, one refrain has inserted itself many times each day. “This could be the last time; this could be the last time; may be the last time, I...
by Lora | Oct 21, 2020 | Nature, Sustainability
When I was a beginning Science student in the early 1970’s, the world was becoming familiar with a new/old word, “ecology.” It sounded a lot like “economy” and not without reason. Ecology and economy are directly linked. In the dawning...
by Lora | Feb 21, 2020 | Nature, Sustainability, Travel
If we rely on the oceans for food, how do we care for ocean dependent creatures? The Waved Albatross is increasingly endangered. This species breeds exclusively in the Galápagos Islands. Actually, almost all on one small island. In spite of efforts to protect the...
by Lora | Jan 21, 2020 | Nature, Sustainability, Travel
Good news today about the return of the tortoises native to Isla Española in the Galápagos Islands. This distinctive species once thrived on the oldest and easternmost island of the archipelago. In these days of mass extinctions, we may well look to the Galápagos...
by Lora | Sep 21, 2019 | Healthy Food, Nature, Sustainability, Travel
Closer to home than my previous trip, on a drizzly September weekend with rain in the forecast I attended the Pacific NW Writers’ Association writing conference at a hotel on International Boulevard across the street from SeaTac airport. Getting to a destination...
