NATURE REFLECTIONS Blog

New England… At Last!

Couples and families clustered along granite boulders at the summit of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park, Maine, soaking in residual heat as...

02 January, 2025 / 0 Comments

Dominican Republic Favorite Bird Sightings

Blue water lapped across my feet, squishing white sand between my toes as I strolled down Playa Dorada beach on my first evening...

27 September, 2024 / 2 Comments

Sharing Space with Nature in Cuba

Our group stood quietly in the forest trying to ignore the mosquitoes buzzing incessantly as our guides played a softly-repeating whoop-like call over...

10 July, 2024 / 0 Comments

High Line for the Soul

I could barely see over the ferry railing at the age of 5 or 6 but I remember feeling the sense of freedom...

02 June, 2024 / 0 Comments

A Book Tour Embrace

A wall of rain made it nearly impossible to see the sign for the Palm Beach Bookstore just across the street as I...

01 April, 2024 / 0 Comments

An Excerpt from Wild Florida: An Animal Odyssey

Liguus Snail (Liguus Fasciatus) Darkness envelops me as I step from the brightly lit marsh into a tree island, a pocket of hardwood hammock...

06 January, 2024 / 0 Comments

Singapore: A City of Gardens

Bromeliad-laden trees arched across the highway as my cab ferried me from Singapore’s international airport. A lusciously shade-dappled park with intermittent benches and...

10 September, 2023 / 0 Comments