Poem of the Week: A Conservative 7 Aug 2023 3:04 PM (last year)
Poem by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman The garden beds I wandered by One bright and cheerful morn, When I found a new-fledged butterfly, A-sitting on a thorn, A black...
Insect Literature Quote 2 25 Jul 2023 11:47 AM (last year)
As I continue to read Insect Literature by Lafcadio Hearn, I’m fascinated by his insight into insect life. He wrote in a time when insects in the western world were...
Microblog – Insect Literature Quote 24 Jul 2023 4:11 PM (last year)
I’ve been reading Insect Literature by Lafcadio Hearn, an author who lived in Japan and wrote a number of books in the late 1800’s about Japanese culture and folklore. I’ve...
Microblog: Douglas Fir Cone 17 Jan 2023 1:41 PM (2 years ago)
Here is some new art I did of a Douglas Fir cone I found that had become a sort of nurse log for moss and fungi. It never fails to...
Microblog: Clione Drawing 16 Jan 2023 7:54 AM (2 years ago)
Here’s a quick illustration of a clione I did recently. A clione is a type of sea slug commonly known as a sea angel and this species, Clione limacina, is...