Growing up with an interest in Nature, primarily instilled by my maternal grandfather, I have come to learn a great deal about the plants and animals of North America. But, even though I graduated from college with a degree in Biology, don't quiz me about their Genus and species. And when it comes to groups such as insects and mushrooms, my knowledge base is unimpressive, to say the least.
Rather, my enthusiasm for the great outdoors is how it all fits together, how interdependent the countless species truly are. Having outgrown the mysticism of my youth, I now understand that we humans are part of nature, just one of the latest (and more expendable) species to evolve in Nature's 3.6 billion year-old web of life.
Now, in my waning years, my focus is on enjoying nature as I did in my youth and doing what I can to protect what we humans have not yet destroyed for future generations. Hence this blog and my rants against the religious, political and industrial forces that threaten the welfare of our natural environment.
