When Laysan albatross chicks fledge, they head to sea and don’t touch land again for three to five years. Not all of them survive. When I see those who do survive return to land, it’s like a reunion with a long lost friend, and it’s always a thrill. In the early days of the pandemic,…

Two colorful banana spiders have replaced my spider-friend, and even though they may be her offspring, I just don’t have the same relationship with them. I suppose it’s because they’re not my first. Too, they have not yet taught me anything more fascinating about their spider ways. Yet. I’ll keep watching. It’s Sunday morning, and…

She’d already given me a brief tour of Frederica cabin. Brief because the cabin is perfectly sized small. Brief because I sensed she did not want to intrude on what would be my writing space and home for the next month. Brief because I sensed something else going on. As she walked out the door…