The bread turned out decent enough. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have attempted to bake bread if it weren’t for the “shelter-in-place” mandates that come with COVID-19. But I’m sure we’re all learning new things during these times. Like not to leave the house without our hand sanitizer. But also things like whether we possess…
Author: Kim Steutermann Rogers
Kim Steutermann Rogers lives with her husband and dog on the island of Kauai. She's a longtime freelance science journalist and author covering Hawaii's natural history and, periodically, Mark Twain. In between assignments, she writes fiction and nonfiction. She maintains a website at http://www.kimsrogers.com. You can find her on social media @kimsrogers.
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Two
I’m baking. Well, trying to bake. The first batch of flour had mites. Apparently, that’s a common problem for dry goods in warm, humid places, especially deep in the back of my pantry. The second package of flour appeared mite-free. At least, baking them, if there are any, will kill the little buggahs. All it…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day One
Finally, there’s sun. So much sun. Its rays are blinding me where I’m sitting on the lanai. So much sun that the long shadows of palm trees are being cast across my yard. So much sun I want to get up, get out, and do something. Oh, wait, we’re sheltering in place. Honestly, sheltering in…
Awaiting Albatross
It’s late October. That means leaves are turning the colors of jewels and carpeting the ground beneath trees in places on the continental United States. In Hawaii, the temperature needle hovers around 70 degrees at night, a cool breeze seeps in from the north, and we pull up the sheet to sleep. This is fall….
Outnumbered by an Albatross
The albatross colonies around Hawaii are quiet these days, almost eerily so, while the birds forage in the North Pacific. However, an albatross made an appearance, of sorts, last week in the pages of an online magazine called Zoomorphic. Thanks to the editors of Zoomorphic for the opportunity to write (again) about Laysan albatross. Here’s…
Meet Hawaii’s Avian Climate Refugees
[Are you following me at Albatography.com? If not, you’ve missed some blog posts. Here’s my latest.] Among the hundreds of thousands of Laysan albatross that nest at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge also nests another albatross species—the Black-footed albatross—but in much fewer numbers. The Black-footed albatross is listed as near threatened by the IUCN Red List….
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