WHAT DOES A TERRESTRIAL CARNIVORE HAVE IN COMMON WITH THE ATLANTIC OCEAN? In his marvelous book The Mortal Sea W. Jeffrey Bolster takes the reader on a historical journey. With detailed references from historical writings he relates how Europeans overfished their waters, and then sought new fishing grounds in the western Atlantic Ocean…….the coastal waters…
SPRING IS HERE! ALL LIFE IS SEEKING REBIRTH… And in that context, I wish to share my thoughts. I was asked to give a presentation on Coyote’s important role in the ecosystem of Acadia National Park in Maine. This year is the 100th Anniversary of this beautiful Park, and when it was created the howls…
SEEKING OUR PLACE ON THE EARTH and understanding the Wild Ones place as well. When writing of our human experience of wildness and what is it in our human perspective, environmental historian William Cronon wrote in Incommon Ground…. “We are made to acknowledge that they [wild beings] are not of our making, that they have…
YOU AND I LIVE IN A WORLD THAT IS HEALTHIER FOR ALL LIFE BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF THIS ONE WOMAN BIOLOGIST! In her book, Silent Spring she alerted the world of the very dangerous road our species was taking by the massive use of powerful, toxic chemicals and the continued dropping of practice A-Bombs…
We all share a common ancestry with the myriads of life on our planet Earth. We are not separate from Coyote, whether we recognize this or not. The following short video portrays more than any words can express about how we are all connected. This man, driving along a road with his friend sees a…
“REFLECT ON WHO WE REALLY ARE BENEATH THE LAYERS CIVILIZATION HAS IMPOSED ON US.” Cristina Eisenberg Not so long ago I needed to travel by plane, and I felt almost suffocated by the technology being used all around me. Everywhere in the airports and on the plane people’s faces were in their IPads, their computers,…
COYOTE ~ SURVIVING IN THE COLD OF WINTER Thoughts as you take in this image…. Coyote ~ they hold the answers to questions we have not even learned to ask … Coyote ~ they are teaching us to make discoveries about ourselves… Do we understand our true role on the Earth…if not, how can we…
Killer Whales and Coyote…..? Yes…..they have much in common! So to start….I invite you to watch the new film that came out in 2013 called Blackfish. It is a documentary regarding the cruel capture and life of misery that baby orcas experience. Why? These amazing beings, who are highly social, have a capacity…
WHO IS THE REAL MAINE HUNTER…..? Well for one…this photo here shows you the real Maine Hunter… Nature has equipped Coyote with all she requires to do her work as an effective hunter of her wild prey … But Coyote is joined by other Real Maine hunters as well…I have spoken to a few…
Wildness In his new book, Feral, George Monbiot wrote ~ “Rewilding the landscape is an opportunity to rewild ourselves, and fill the world with wonders of which we have been deprived, and alongside which we evolved.” Stare at this wild coyote for a few moments…..she is wildness…. Let us delight in her wildness ….let us not…
