Posted in Andrew's Picks, Books, Microhistories, Nature writing, Sense of place, Setting on May 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What is it about coastal redwoods that would inspire people to risk their lives to be near them? For starters, this type of redwood is located in only a few areas, but those are nearly inaccessible to all but the most dedicated bushwhackers. It is impossible to see the trees in their entirety, [...]
Posted in Books, Dwight's Picks, Nature writing, Nonfiction on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
This is an amazing bird book that you must check out and experience if you are interested in birds and birdwatching. The photos by Marie Read, a wildlife photographer, will definitely make you take notice and draw you into the book. She includes over 35 full-page photos and many smaller ones of birds engaged [...]
Posted in Books, Dwight's Picks, Nature writing, Nonfiction on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »
This is a wonderful collection of stories and poems about nature encountered over a one year time span by Ora Anderson, a naturalist and bird-lover. Written in his late eighties, these stories are his “love letters” about the nature he sees on his farm in rural Ohio. His observations of the birds and other animals [...]
Posted in Books, Dwight's Picks, Nature writing, Nonfiction on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
This is another fun book about birding that I enjoyed sharing in a booktalk that I gave last month. It is a collection of tips from some of the biggest names in the world of birding, including Scott Weidensaul, Pete Dunne, and David Sibley. The stories are nicely arranged by subjects like “dressing the [...]
Posted in Books, Nature writing, Nonfiction, Science writing, Todd's Picks on January 29, 2008 | No Comments »
I know we talked about birds yesterday, but that was birds during one year, this is birding over a lifetime.
Dan Koeppel tells the life obsession of his father, an extreme birder, one of the few persons in the world to have seen over 7000 species. Only from a lifetime commitment can you see such a [...]
Posted in Books, Nature writing, Nonfiction, Science writing, Todd's Picks on January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Recently in Williamsburg there has been an unusual sighting of a rare bird in the area, a Townsend’s Solitaire. I came across a handful of folks that made more than an hour’s drive to see this western, Rocky Mountain native; folks from Charlottesville, Roanoke and even the brave folks that came through the Hampton [...]
Posted in Autobiography, Books, Memoir, Nature writing, Nonfiction, Setting, Todd's Picks on November 8, 2007 | No Comments »
Pete Fromm spent a winter alone in the Bitterroot Mountains guarding salmon eggs. This is his account of his Walden-esque experience.
After a friend drops out of the job just before the training starts Pete says I can do that and works out his college class schedule (independent writing) and heads to the woods to provide [...]
Posted in Books, Nature writing, Nonfiction, Todd's Picks on November 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Grice’s little book of wonder will fascinate, shock and horrify you in 7 chapters. The lives of Black Widows, Brown Recluse, Tarantulas, Rattlesnakes, Pigs, Canids and Mantids are all examined here with all the gruesome and morbid details of a car crash. Not overly scientific (no reference and footnotes) but who cares it’s [...]
Posted in Biography, Nature writing, Nonfiction, Setting, Todd's Picks on November 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Randy Morgenson served for 28 years as a back county ranger in the Sierra Nevada Mountains until one day he disappeared while on a three-day patrol. With a failing marriage and the wilderness as his true calling, some believe he may have just followed the tails of John Muir and left his troubled life [...]
Posted in Barry's Picks, Books, Nature writing, Nonfiction, Science writing on July 6, 2007 | No Comments »
The best science writing opens the world of nature to the reader in new ways, showing the extraordinary in the ordinary, or making visible the invisible. In her book Waiting for Aphrodite, Sue Hubbell achieves this goal. Hubbell’s move from a farm in the Ozarks to a house on the coast of Maine [...]
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