A Fun-Loving Guide to the Natural World for Kids and Adults
All animals on the planet, including humans, tend to have their perceptions limited by such things as our size, the perceptual range of our senses, and the ecosystems in which we can survive {…}
Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by Kenton and Rebecca
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Wandering through a book shoppe a few moons ago, we came across a musty old book by John K. Terres, entitled From Laurel Hill to Siler’s Bog, The Walking Adventures of a Naturalist. Among the many observations that John makes is this: “In the South, from February to July or August {…}
Posted on January 6th, 2010 by Kenton and Rebecca
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Doing a little exploration on the web, Rebecca and I stumbled across a site that allows you to see 360 degree panoramas of all sorts of interesting places {…}
Posted on November 29th, 2009 by Kenton Whitman
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We put down the book we were reading — Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. Among other things, Mr. McDougall talks about ‘persistence hunting’ — a mode of hunting that is almost forgotten today {…}
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 by Kenton Whitman
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Two days ago, while sitting at our computers writing, Rebecca and I heard a sharp retort — almost like a gunshot — issue from our woods. We paused in our typing. A moment later, we heard another one. We looked across at each other. What now? {…}
Posted on September 14th, 2009 by Kenton and Rebecca
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Even before I met Kenton and I was swept away into the world of climbing trees and catching turtles, I was constantly amazed at the marvels of Mother Nature. How could every {…}
Posted on July 2nd, 2009 by Rebecca Whitman
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In Poe’s ‘The Gold Bug’, it is a strange gold beetle that lies at the heart of the tale. This story haunted me from youth {…}
Posted on May 29th, 2009 by Kenton Whitman
Filed under: Bugs and Crawlies!, Nature Inspiration | 13 Comments »
The Grand Canyon is considered one of the great marvels of nature because it is simply overwhelming . . .
Posted on May 13th, 2009 by Kenton and Rebecca
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Cloud was a stray. One of those barn-cats that wanders in during a dark and stormy night and meows so pitifully that { . . . }
Posted on April 4th, 2009 by Rebecca Whitman
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