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The saleswoman at the birds supplies store was as bewildered at the newest arrival in the shop, as I was. A special, “dove-proof” bird feeder. It was incredible that there are people who want birds in their backyard, but won’t offer any food to the mourning doves, because, well, they don’t like them! According to that lady, many people hate doves because they are uninteresting, brown, big, or because they…
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I once saw this toy seller in India. By the side of a crowded traffic signal, he was taking a nap, resting on one of his life-sized, stuffed tigers. In this rather intriguing glimpse, I saw something scary. And that became the prompt for my poem, “Stuffed”. Looking at the stuffed versions of himself in the cities, what would a Real Tiger say? As we celebrate tigers this World Tiger…
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When you deeply love, and, constantly write, read, talk, watch & breathe nature (well, this breathe nature, we all do, it’s just that not all remember,) it’s easy to take for granted that every single human being on this planet would be interested in connecting with nature. Recently when a friend suggested to me to enlist my blog on some popular blog directories for a better reach to the right…
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In America, the land of superlatives, the landscapes and the elements of nature constantly awe with their size and expanse. A place that has forever gripped me in its spell with a vast tract filled with blissful silence, and has left me with a deep nostalgia for space – is a certain road passing through a desert area of Arizona. I had one transcendental experience during a drive along this road.…
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When I stand under a tree – radiating truth, beauty, and extending a perfect silence, the kind only nature can offer – it is not possible for anyone to make me sad. When the creation envelopes you, you feel nothing but empowered. And yet, this happened last spring. I felt really sad under a fine, illuminated tree. I felt lonely. Even, helpless. Just outside my home, I was standing under…
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I am not a gamer. I am an outdoor person who would not trade a spontaneous stroll in the wild for the same amount of time spent in front of a screen. But, there are no restrictions to the means by which I quench my thirst for nature. Documentaries, movies, books, I savor anything that gives me an intriguing peek into the creation. Especially during the last two years when…
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Beholding those enigmatic, ancient creatures gliding peacefully in a turtle rehabilitation tank, one experiences a wonderment not unlike that on an escapist trip to some charming aquarium. However, the awe felt at a sea turtle rehabilitation center doesn’t allow to escape in any picture perfect land, for it is firmly juxtaposed with the hard-hitting reality of a swiftly diminishing natural world and its silent screams for help. After all, those…
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At the break of a dawn last spring, out of the corner of my eye, when I caught the first fleeting glimpse of a baby bunny running across my backyard, I had written it off as my illusion. I thought it was just a large squirrel that I was imagining to be a rabbit. I wasn’t. It really was a cottontail rabbit. In the following days and months, I saw…
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Unlike most people, biologist and author Janine Benyus had let that architectural, beautiful wasp nest in her yard stay, and grow bigger. One day, her little neighbor, a curious seven year boy named Cody came to her asking – “How did you make this house for the wasps?” This question struck Janine as odd. “How come a kid all of seven, already had a notion, that if something is so…
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Space scientists, scholars and astronomy enthusiasts of the world are holding their breath. In few weeks time we may see, through crystal clear images, the first ever glimpses of how it all began, how the universe looked like around 13.5 billion years ago. Our portal to seeing galaxies and stars that far and deep in the cosmos ? A huge manmade object, about 43 feet long, 14 feet wide, that…
