On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
I have no idea how many times I’ve walked the trail along the river at Totem Park over the past several years. I’m sure it’s probably well over one hundred, but for some reason it wasn’t until one such walk earlier this year that I noticed a maple tree growing there. Introduced maples are fairly … Read more
Thursday is call day, and this week’s topic of conversation was about the “story of the day” routine from Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature. For me, it’s pretty clear that this weblog is the primary means by which I tell my story of the day. I’ve noticed that it’s far more effective when I … Read more
Back in February 2010 I happened to be coming out of UAS at around sunset, so I went over toward the airport to get a better view of it. I was a bit surprised to see a distinct sun pillar – it remains the only one I remember seeing. For some reason it seems they … Read more
It being Wednesday, I walked down to the Backdoor to have a burrito for lunch. On the way, I was able to get decent looks at a Yellow Warbler singing while foraging in the large willow tree just down the street. Upon finishing lunch, I decided to go up Observatory and down through the edge … Read more
I noticed this little critter making its way through some gravel adjacent to a forested area. I’m not sure where it was going, but I recognized it was a snout beetle of some sort. Some photos posted on bugguide got me the name: conifer seedling weevil (Steremnius carinatus). It’s apparently pretty common on Prince of … Read more
Temperatures dropped overnight. Although I didn’t notice the mountain tops through the cloud cover when I walked down to the harbor this morning, there was no doubt fresh snow on many of them, a fact which I did not realize until later. My morning was filled with a birding trip on Sitka Sound Tours – … Read more