In these short publications, I write directly to kids, in the form of a letter. We don’t send letters so much any more, but a good letter can feel like part of a long-distance conversation, informal and personal. Readers might be ten years old, or in their teens, or maybe adults who enjoy reading a little informal letter about something or somewhere in nature. I don’t get very in-depth – the idea is for it to feel informal but also include interesting stuff about anything from wasps to turtles to trees.
The pdf-format letters are free, though I note in the fine print that if you want to make some small donation to help keep the walks and road trips going, I will certainly be grateful. You can donate through PayPal.
May, 2024 – Frog Calls
(click the date) – remembering hearing frogs at a pond and thinking about how the recent Texas rain and flooding would affect them.
March, 2024 – About Vultures, Flowers, and Cactus Spines
(click the date) – I took a walk with friends to the Lone Point shelter and the surrounding area at Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge. Among the things we noticed were tenpetal anemones.
February, 2024 – Love, Winter, and Groundhogs
(click the date) – Groundhog Day has passed (it doesn’t predict much, anyway) and Valentine’s Day is nearly here. There are many kinds of love, and all of them make us better.
November, 2023 – Thanksgiving
(click the date) – Thanksgiving can include thankfulness for nature; research shows journaling to express gratitude is good for us
Halloween Issue, October 2023
(click the date) – How we use things from nature in Halloween stories, but don’t need to be afraid of them in real life
October, 2023
(click the date) – Finding turtles (alligator snapping turtles, the common musk turtle, box turtles)
September, 2023
(click the date) – Dragonflies at Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve
May, 2023
(click the date) – Re-visiting LBJ National Grasslands, with a water snake, spring flowers, and more
December, 2022
(click the date) – Gifts (of nature and otherwise), autumn color at Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve
November, 2022
(click the date) – Thankfulness for places and for people (especially nature kids!)
October, 2022
(click the date) – Bats, spiders and fears, and pumpkins
August, 2022
(click the date) – Nature journaliing
June, 2022
(click the date) – Venomous snake safety and related issues
May, 2022
(click the date) – LBJ Grasslands: A killdeer, tarantula, a night walk with gray treefrogs calling
February, 2022
(click the date) – Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge: Mistletoe, benefits of nature, finding a bird nest
January, 2022
(click the date) – A winter day at the creek: mosquitofish, clam, cricket frog, ammonite
Late December, 2021
(click the date) – Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve: cricket frogs
Early December, 2021
(click the date) – Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge: great egret, red-eared slider, fallen leaves
Our Lives In Nature 