I just got back from a trip for work out to San Diego that I had simultaneously been dreading and been excited about. The trip was for a conference and networking, with which I’ve historically had a poor track record. Since I was there mostly for work I didn’t bring a camera and figured I…
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Costa Rica in situ: natural oblivion
This is the second part to the previous entry (urban observation) about a trip I took to Costa Rica in January 2017. In going to Costa Rica my main hopes professionally were to spend a few days immersed in natural areas, ideally staying in the rainforest either at a field station or somewhere nearby as…
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Costa Rica in situ: urban observation
Recently I’ve had some time to work on and revisit projects that for whatever reasons have been set aside. One of these small but extremely vibrant series is composed of a split between urban San José, Costa Rica and some of the country’s more natural environments…rainforests. As you may have seen in some of my…
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Acuña, Mexico: quick border trip
Last week I took at trip to Del Rio, Texas, a city on the US-Mexico border. I went there to meet a few friends and visit Amistad National Recreation Area, document some of the region’s insects, and explore nearby areas. I had also brought my passport in case the opportunity to cross the border came…
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the road: solitude
I recently returned from a roadtrip to an unfamiliar place where I spent much of the time alone, just driving or wandering around. It was the most refreshing thing I’ve done in a long time and though I was only gone a week or so I felt like it had been months since I was…
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background: interest in dragonflies
Something I haven’t really mentioned a lot on this site is my fascination with insects. I have a series posted called insect life but that barely touches on the impact a certain order of insects have had on my life over the past decade. I literally stumbled into my observational studies of insects one summer…