Non-Science Musings

Me Traveling in Groups vs Me Traveling Alone

Have you ever gone about your daily life and realize you act completely differently when you are in a group or alone? I’ve noticed a huge discrepancy in myself as a group vs solo traveler. Let’s take a look at some examples…
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Hiking to the Hollywood Sign

This past trip to LA, I hiked to the Hollywood sign. My inner ecologist revelled at the lizards and flowers and grasses and birds. My inner adventurer appreciated the steepness. And my inner human was awed by the view.
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Meeting My Favorite Author: Morgan Matson

This week I got to visit my favorite author Morgan Matson and get my copy of Since You’ve Been Gone signed!
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The Time I Accidentally Crashed a Wedding in California…

It’s 2018 and I am smack-dab in the middle of my first-ever internship: The Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program. Essentially, it’s a boot camp in field biology. A group of 20 freshman/sophomore college students, we travel around California learning the ropes of conservation research. I don’t call it a boot camp lightly. Early mornings, late…
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Flat Tire

I had miraculously managed to find an internship as a seasonal technician in Texas Covid summer. Things were going well until small-town Texas men decided that our all-women team couldn’t change a tire…
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Top 5 Fun Facts About Screech Owls…And the one I got to Hold

While trying to catch songbirds, we accidentally caught a Screech Owl. Read on for some fun facts… (Note, all birds were handled with proper permitting and training.)
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