The Tutortoise

November 3, 2021

Looking back, I have learned that it is the unexpected which has had the greatest…

October 6, 2021

A Maple reaching more than forty feet stands just outside the studio. The tree is…

January 4, 2018

Zoos teach us a false sense of our place in the natural order. The means…

January 26, 2017

Science shows that animals are not violent by nature, yet the myth persists. Published…

January 25, 2017

Published in Psychology Today There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are…

October 7, 2014

Tortoises always foresee obstacles. - D.H. Lawrence After months of dreaming, Desert Tortoises have arrived…

July 17, 2014

Strumming my pain with his fingers; Singing my life with his words; Killing me softly…

July 7, 2014

See this special interview with Ray Ryan, the "real Ray" who was featured in The…

November 9, 2013

Photo Credit Howard Garrett It was cold, as only Iceland could be in mid-winter. But…