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Aug

Creative Inspiration, Supermoon Style

by Meredith Mullins on August 25, 2014

Supermoon with fir trees offers creative inspiration in 2014

The howling supermoon
© pjsells/iStock

The Howling Moon

 There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.
                                                                                                        —George Carlin

The August Supermoon made headlines. No surprise. We seem to revere supersize things (Mayor Bloomberg’s jumbo soda ban notwithstanding). And, we often look to the sky for creative inspiration and a connection to the rhythms of the earth.  Read more...

 

Nature Discovery

07

Jul

Creative Expression in Living Color

by Meredith Mullins on July 7, 2014

Colorful bark of the Rainbow Eucalyptus tree, creative expression inspired by nature.

A Unique Work of Art
© shulavich/iStock

Works of Art . . . Inspired by the Rainbow Eucalyptus

Would you pay $2,000,000 for this work of art?

The colorful abstract will never show up at Christy’s or Sotheby’s with the Picasso’s, Rothko’s, and Pollack’s of today’s multimillion-dollar art world.

But it is a treasure to be valued.  Read more...

 

Nature Discovery/Southeast Asia

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Jan

Live Life to the Fullest with Fine Feathered Friends

by Meredith Mullins on January 30, 2014

Birder with binoculars, trying to live life to the fullest with the bird a day challenge (Photo © Meredith Mullins)

Staying focused on the Bird-a-Day Challenge
© Meredith Mullins

A Bird-a-Day Makes for Challenging Play

Swampies. Rumpies. Sharpies.

Sound enticing? Well, yes, in a way. But what are we talking about?

Is it a secret code? Adventure apparel from Banana Republic? Characters in a new video game?

Welcome to the wonderful world of birding. We’re talking about Swamp Sparrows (swampies), Yellow-rumped Warblers (rumpies), and Sharp-shinned Hawks (sharpies).

And when it comes to birders, we’re talking about an international community bound by a passion for the beauty, the personalities and patterns, and the sweet songs and operatic trills of our bird friends.  Read more...

 

Costa Rica/Nature Discovery

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