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Category Archives: Plants

Orchid

Been thinking about orchids this past week. In June, I love wandering around in the woods in Vermont looking for them. There is one stretch of stream in the kingdom that just wanders around and back onto itself, creating little islands and rivulets among the roots of old cedar. There are plants that pop up [...]

Spore prints

Irene brought huge amounts of rain to Vermont and the forests are booming with mushrooms. I’ve been wandering and collecting. Leaving the caps on a piece of paper overnight, spores fall into different patterns depending on the structure of the gills.

Sponsored by : Kristen Brisee

Kristen, I’ve watched the country become greener and greener, changing from chalky grey to mustard, ochre, then hazy blue as I drove east. I am so excited that Vermont is a riot of every type of green, summmmatime! I flew out of Burlington just after I arrived! I am now settled in to a cozy [...]

Portraitof the eastern edge of KCRW’s broadcast range

Turn up the heat and listen to the live performance by Givers with much crackling while viewing.

LA Sunrise

Woke up just before 5:00 this morning, gathered my things wrapped in my Mexican blanket and trotted to my truck. It stalled when I tried to start it (it always does). The second time, the engine revved then settled into a heavy idle. Driving toward the interstate, I passed by Silver Lake Reservoir and under [...]