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It All Started with an Elephant
Today I worked at ACC (the Phoenix Zoo animal hospital). I used to be on staff there. That was years ago. Now I simply cover occasional days throughout the year. I still love it. And this morning, as I was … Continue reading
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Garbage-B-Gone
Tomorrow—Saturday September 25—is Ocean Conservancy’s 25th Annual International Coastal Clean-up. Each year, more than 500,000 people participate in 100 countries around the globe to collect MILLIONS of pounds of disgusting and dangerous trash! Some volunteers scuba dive, but most simply walk beaches … Continue reading
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A Forest Saved Yesterday Brings Glory Today
I have only been to Yellowstone National Park two times and each visit lasted less than twenty-four hours. Still, I have had—hands down—more wildlife sightings there in terms of both number and sheer variety of species than any other place … Continue reading
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Wild Wolves in Yellowstone
I steady myself against the morning chill and lean into the spotting scope until my right eyelashes flutter in a dark tunnel. The world afar zooms into focus. All I can see is a cluster of hillside rocks and a … Continue reading
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OSHKOSH NEWS: Littlest Aviator Steals the Show
Award-winning Air Show Pilots Must Swallow Their Pride When an Unscheduled Bird Takes Center Stage Oshkosh, WI—August 2010—Every year, thousands upon thousands of aviation enthusiasts from around the world converge on Oshkosh, Wisconsin for the EAA AirVenture convention, arguably the largest … Continue reading
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The Proof is in the Pudding
Here we are at last. After two months working with Jorge on the Osa Peninsula, eighty-two interviews with fishermen and guides, thirty days on the water, and several subsequent months of data analysis, literature reviews and writing, my project report … Continue reading
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Extending Heart and Hand to Our Animal Brothers
We are animals. This is a fact. I’m not talking about the kind of we-are-animals-yeah-yeah-now-somebody-get-a-shoe-to-squash-that-spider. But rather that swell of recognition that boils up from your gut when you stop to gaze into the inky wells of another creature and … Continue reading
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Excerpt from my 2008 newspaper series, Underwater Ballet
“Dawn broke soft and gray with a captivating hint of the Hawaiian bouquet—plumeria, ginger flower, nana-honua and orchids—swaying in my head like a slow, sensual hula. White frothy curls marked the ocean’s edge and all along the beach, tiny crabs … Continue reading
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Brooke’s Cyber Expedition: Building Our Airplane N111VX
You have followed my journeys by land and by sea but I’ve also had memorable experiences aloft. That’s because my husband Kevin and I both have our pilots’ licenses and together we built an airplane. Yes, built. Our Velocity Elite … Continue reading
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Brooke’s Cyber Expedition: Wanna Write a Book Review?
Hey, if you have a thoughtful opinion, here’s your chance to share it! The importance of good reviews to a book’s success cannot be underestimated. And I’m told a positive ranking on Amazon (the biggest seller of books in the … Continue reading
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