It’s #BookQW and Daeryn calls out his ‘genius’ friend. More from Chapter 17 of The Twisting: Daeryn crossed to the slow-moving Harvester. Master Brightwell paced behind it at the control panel with Mary Beth beside him. A crowd of growers, including Henry, surrounded them. Rivley met him, and Daeryn explained about the fence access. The […]
It’s #BookQW and does Fern ‘flatly’ accept magic? More from Chapter 1: It looked ordinary enough, but their bathroom held a secret. That secret allowed Fern to keep two promises this weekend—to Mom that she’d be safe at home and to Gran that she’d be there for their inspection. Pulling out the pouch, Fern removed […]
We times a trip west to be able to stop along the Nebraska Flyway and view the sandhill cranes as they stopped during they migration north to refuel in the field along the Platte River. Seeing and hearing thousands of cranes converge is an amazing experience. We camped in Windmill State Recreation Area, Gibbon, Nebraska, […]
I’m doing first revisions on a draft of a winter story, and our recent snow is very much a mood connection. I spent five hours outdoors helping with our local Winter Bird Count, starting at 20 degrees and ending at 32. My chilly breaths of outside air remind me how winter feels, letting me deepen […]
I’ve been slow in posting the remainder of my trip! Bear with me as I slip in the additional highlights before the end of the year. Read Part 3 here, or start at Part 1! While staying at the Tinamú Birding Reserve, we made several day trips. The first, on January 6th, was to Rio […]
Note: I am thankful and honored to be able to use the photos of a photographer on our trip, Aubrey Nolan. I have watermarked his photos to give him credit. Click on individual photos to enlarge and read captions. After leaving Otún Quimbaya (see Part 2), we traveled through the Caldas Department and outside of […]
From Bogotá (read Part 1), we flew into Pereira and drove country roads through La Suiza village to Otún Quimbaya Flora and Fauna Sanctuary, arriving after dark. Our bird watching days began at 5 am with views of fern trees. Coffee service was left on the veranda, followed by a few hours of craning our […]
Two overseas trips this year—yes, in 2020—have distracted me from writing. So please don’t expect a new novel from me this summer! In January, my husband and I went on our first-ever Audubon Society birding trip to Colombia. The trip was arranged by Audubon Society Northern Virginia. A local birding expert—Alejandro Nagy with Holbrook Travel—guided […]