Watching the top of Mt. Saint Helens disappear in 1980 made geology abruptly real and relevant and not the least theoretical or gradual. Blam! Yup, that's geology. Watching this eclipse did the s...
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After three mystery novels with a mainstream mystery publisher--Poisoned Pen Press--I have embarked on a different fiction journey. I wrote a short story, it won a contest, and my muse said, "Let...
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THE REAL WORK by Wendell Berry It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real ...
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The Berlin Wall came down. The USSR broke up. We elected an African-Amercan president. Wyoming wolves are (maybe) back on the federal endangered species list and safe(r) from state management by ...
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Barbara Kingsolver trained as a biologist, she's passionate about environmental issues, and she sure can craft a sentence. Flight Behavior (2012, HarperCollins) is as compelling as it is informa...
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Here's a guest blog on Buried Under Books . Happy Holidays! Ann
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Here you go. Click and enjoy. Leave a comment, even!
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Most people who like natural history and the outdoor world are, in my experience, entranced by skulls. We find them beautiful (assuming the stinky parts are long gone) and they tell tales about t...
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I'm off to Lincoln City for Bob's Beach Books big annual book fair. CLICK HERE for details. I'll be signing under the tent on Highway 101 from 11 to 2 on Saturday. This coming Saturday, that is....
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I'm heading for the Golden State soon for a book tour, taking my dog and pony. Well, my slide show, anyway. The dog didn't want to come and I couldn't find a trained pony. I'll be moving fast--c...
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I was in Seattle last weekend. Spent Friday at the zoo having a wonderful time, then spoke with Pattie Beaven's zoo book club. I "appeared" at Seattle Mystery Bookshop on Saturday (here's the blo...
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I am off to Seattle at dawn-thirty tomorrow! I'll see Woodland Park Zoo and friends, maybe test my event slide show on the real experts. Saturday: Seattle Mystery Bookshop at noon. Third Pla...
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I'm am all over the interwebs! Here's a list of recent guest blogs where you can learn my Innermost Secrets and Deep Thoughts. To the extent I have any of either. Book Pleasures An interview ...
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The Book Case, which is the blog for The Book Page (a huge book review site), kindly hosted a guest blog I wrote about incorporating issues important to me in my book plots. Click HERE for the...
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Faithful reader, Here is your chance at a reward. Hie thee to Goodreads (a fine site for sharing information about books you've read) and enter the drawing to win a free copy--hard cover no les...
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Yes, Endangered is now Officially Released. I am thrilled, exhausted, slightly delirious. I've been neglecting this blog in favor of guest blogs. Here's one that went up today, Jenny Milchman's...
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I went mano a mano with Facebook and won, sort of. Here's the link to my new Author Page HERE . Take a look. Leave a comment letting me know what you think. Click the "Like" button please, so I...
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Dear Readers of This Blog: The following came to my attention recently and should be of interest to many of you. A. Littlewood Dear ACD Judges, The ACD board is hearing way too many co...
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Here's a size-large THANK YOU to Maureen Flanagan, Ed Battistella, Michael Niemann, and Carl Hilton for a blow-out weekend in Ashland, Oregon. Ashland is a smallish town in a remote corner of a...
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Well lookit thet! I'm on video HERE. This is from Left Coast Crime mystery conference, held in Sacramento this March. Lorie Ham of Kings River Life stalked the halls, interviewing mystery auth...
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I've packed up my book marks and animal earrings and auction items and I'm ready for Left Coast Crime. Here's a few pictures from last week's trip to Oakland Zoo in lieu of a blog. A happy Al...
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Just found out today that you can download the e-book version of Night Kill, the first Iris Oakley zoo-dunnit, for a mere 99 cents until the end of the month. Click HERE and go for it. What'...
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This just in: Bowling for Rhinos got itself a "donate now" button through Crowdrise. Easy-peasy! Click HERE to deliver one in the eye to those ruthless poachers you keep reading about. The mon...
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It's time again for Bowling for Rhinos and the American Association of Zoo Keepers has come out with a video that is--trust me--adorable. Yes, adorable rhinos. Take a look and haul out your credi...
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Warning! Intemperate rant ahead--level RED I love Kickstarter , the whole idea of the thing. I love that it's so successful. It warms my heart that folks will just up and invest a little money ...
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