Cactus Juice

The leopard and deer were hanging out in the Life Sciences building this morning, watching me as I walked by on my way to my office. We were separated by glass, so feeling safe, I quietly snuck up to the window. They were kind enough to hold still while I snapped their photo. I am not sure if they should be allowed to hang out ...

It was deja vu this morning. I get into my truck, fasten my seatbelt, look up and this little guy is staring me in the face. Wow third sick bee I have seen in less than a week. I am assuming they were all not feeling well. None of them appeared to be able to fly. There was the little bee that could whom survived my harrowing commute last week. ...

Tigers are in trouble. We have been killing them for a long time and we've finally gotten rid of all but about 5,000. This news is not new. Tigers were in danger when I was a kid but there weren't enough caring humans to change their circumstances. Now I'm a ''grown up'' and the torches of power are gradually being passed. My generation has ...

Check out the ingredients for these Peanut Butter cookies: whole-wheat flour, peanut butter, rolled oats, whey, canola oil, garlic powder, eggs, kelp, baking powder. Now look at a package of cookies that you eat. That list is probably four times as long with names you can't even pronounce. What's the catch? No catch. But these Peanut Butter ...

Two subjects that interest me a great deal are the environment and horses. It's hard to seperate those two because horse's have been a part of our environment since we lived in caves. Even today in our machine-driven, computer-controlled world, humans feel an innate connection with horses. You can't be with these creatures and not feel instantly ...