Category: Travel

• Stormy Weather

  

  Another day of heat and humidity following a stormy weekend. We have finally received enough rain to revive the gardens and re-green the world, and more rain is promised for later in the week. We made a quick trip to Vermont over the weekend. Driving up on Friday afternoon we ran into a severe thunderstorm…

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 28, 2025

  Climate Change, Cycles, Drought, flood, gardening, Landscape, Nature, Stories, Summer, Travel

  climate, climate change, environment, flood, gardens, global-warming, heat waves, Hurricanes, nature, smoke, stories, Summer, weather

• Who Are We to Each Other?

  

  Urban forests, social relationships, and challenges to embracing otherness.

  Michael Watson PhD

  June 11, 2025

  Arts, creativity, family, gardening, Grief and Fear, Healing, Landscape, Nature, Racism, Terror, self care, Social issues, spirituality, Stories, Summer, Travel

  Arts, environment, family, garden, gardening, healing, nature, Southern Baptist Convention, stories, Summer, sustainability, urban forests

• The Play of Late Spring Shadow and Light

  

  On the play of light in late May.

  Michael Watson PhD

  May 19, 2025

  Arts, creativity, Disability, Landscape, Nature, spring, Stories, Summer, Travel

  Cape Cod, disability, light, nature, photography, shadows, spring

• A Stroll With a Gray Whale

  

  A fine mid-spring day. Suddenly everything is in bloom! The sun is high and bright and I need sunscreen and a hat when outside. I’ve made repairs to my electric trike and gone for my first relatively short ride. We noticed last night that twilight extended until almost eight! Yesterday I found myself remembering a…

  Michael Watson PhD

  April 24, 2025

  Climate Change, Conundrums, oceans, Grief and Fear, Landscape, Nature, Oceans, Sixth Great Extinction, spring, Stories, Travel

  Antarctic, Arctic, climate change, environment, Gray Whales, Krill, nature, overfishing, Spring., stories, travel, wildlife