Category Archives: nature

Snow offerings

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

I was charmed to discover this morning that some of my neighbors had been busy yesterday building a snow fort and snow woman. Here, against the morning sun, is their fine fort, its peak adorned with icicles: But it was … Continue reading →

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What are we teaching kids on Groundhog Day?

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

My relationship with Groundhog Day is complicated. On the one hand, I like this small piece of attention to the natural world. At what other time does anyone think about the adventures of groundhogs or any other rodent-sized earth dwellers? … Continue reading →

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Frost on snow

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Happy solstice! In honor of the turning of the year, which happens tonight at 10:30 p.m. where I live, here are some photos I took early one magical morning a week or so ago when frost had decorated the snow.

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Our creative universe

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

So I’m at a party a dozen years ago in Oakland, California—I think it’s in my own living room, though I can’t remember for sure. Downstairs the salsa music is blaring, but up here people are gathered in threes and … Continue reading →

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Slime mold: the new urban planner?

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Paul Stamets, the visionary mycologist, or mushroom biologist, recently appeared again at the national Bioneers conference. I’ve been following Stamets’s work for some time, and so I eagerly watched his presentation—and then watched it again. The deep wisdom of fungi … Continue reading →

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