A Trip to Ottawa
This past week I went to Ottawa to visit my mom for Mother’s Day. I had gone last year at the same time, and I … Read more
natural history
A Walk in the Woods
For the last two months I’ve been hiking at Cobble Hill Mountain, a recreational area just five minutes from my house. I started with short … Read more
Book Review: Unrooted, by Erin Zimmerman
(Note: Erin is a friend so my review may not be entirely unbiased) Erin Zimmerman completed a PhD at the Université de Montréal in evolutionary … Read more
The Invention of Nature: Serendipity, Early Scientists, and Modern Ideas
I recently read an article in The New York Times that described serendipity not as a random stroke of luck, which we usually perceive it … Read more
