books, photography, words

Wednesday Word: Crepuscular

I can't stop saying "crepuscular," ever since I read this beautiful little book, Nocturne, by Traer Scott. In this book of stunning animal portraits and accompanying factual blurbs, the author features a few critters that are neither diurnal (active in the daytime) nor nocturnal (active in the nighttime) but crepuscular (active at dusk and dawn). What a… Continue reading Wednesday Word: Crepuscular

books, nature, photography

Five things to Love about Fall

There are the leaves, of course. There's the back-to-school energy. There's the first fire in the woodstove. There are, ahem, the shoes. (Yeah, I know, but I have some beloved closed-toed numbers I haven't worn all summer.) And there is one grossly under-appreciated Fall wonder: the mushrooms. BTW, this post isn't about writing. Except to say that if leaves… Continue reading Five things to Love about Fall