Book Review: ‘Where the Deer and the Antelope Play’

By amyloujenkins | April 3, 2023

Where the Deer and the Antelope Play:  The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside by Nick Offerman, Dutton, 2021, 352 pages Nick Reads his … Read more

Book Review ‘The Secret Network of Nature’

By amyloujenkins | February 15, 2023

The Secret Network of Nature Trees, Animals and the Extraordinary Balances of All Living Things (Stories From Science and Observation) by Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, 2022 (paperback), 272 pages … Read more

‘The Photo Ark’ book review

By amyloujenkins | January 21, 2023

The Photo Ark Book ReviewThe Photo Ark; One Man’s Quest to Document the World’s Animals, by Joel Sartore with a foreword by Harrison Ford, National Geographic, 2017, 399 P. The … Read more

Go Native With the Red Buckeye

By amyloujenkins | December 18, 2022

Go Native With the Red Buckeye The first time I saw a red buckeye shrub, it beckoned me with its scarlet plumes and the scads of hummingbird visitors.  This … Read more

‘The Home Place’ Book Review

By amyloujenkins | November 21, 2022

The Home Place Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature “In me, there is the red of miry clay, the brown of spring floods, the gold of … Read more

‘Origins’ Book Review

By amyloujenkins | November 17, 2022

Book Review of Origins How Earth’s History Shaped Human History Origins: How Earth’s History Shaped Human History, Lewis Dartnell,  Basic Books, NY, 2019, 287 Pages. ‘Origins’ isn’t Just for … Read more

‘Entangled Life’ Book Review

By amyloujenkins | November 17, 2022

Book Review: ‘Entangled Life’ How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures You think you don’t need a book about fungi, but you do. Honestly, … Read more

Please Don’t Buy Me Presents, Unless…

By amyloujenkins | November 6, 2022

GreenHoliday Gift Guide For Those Who Don’t Want You to Buy Them Presents   You Don’t Need to Buy Me a Gift When you consider the “me” in this … Read more

Review: ‘The Birdman of Koshkonong’

By amyloujenkins | November 6, 2022

Book Review The Birdman of Koshkonong: The Life of Naturalist Thure Kumlien Marth Bergland plucks Kumlien from obscurity and sets him next to Wisconsin naturalists John Muir, Increase Lapham, … Read more