Hi, all. I wrote many stories for PhillyVoice in February. Here are my 8 favorites. Check them out if you’re so inclined! — How one South Jersey woman brings monarch butterflies to life (and how you can, too) — ‘Dreamer,’ an undefeated pro…
Yes, there are more otters in Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River these days. And yes, I wrote about it for PhillyVoice this week. Check it out. (Not pictured: Otters in the Schuylkill; those ones pictured a winter or two back were at…
We go to the Philadelphia Zoo often. Which is why this week’s news that polar bear Klondike outlived polar-bear life expectancies but died as all living creatures do hit home. Louden particularly loved heading to the polar-bear exhibit. Still will,…
As the sand falls through the hourglass bringing Philly closer to its long-awaited visit from Pope Francis, I’ve been noticing that the skies seem, well, heavenlier. Maybe one has nothing to do with the other. J Bo would probably know.…
On Friday, thanks to an invite from city Building Services Administrator Richard Mariano, NewsWorks photographer Kimberly Paynter and I headed way up to the upper reaches of the tower atop Philadelphia’s City Hall to observe Pa. Game Commission officials check…
Earlier this week, after dropping Louden off at school, I saw a rainbow off in the West Philly distance. See? Well, I posted it on various social-media sites and, lo and behold, coworker John Abbott sent one back that was…
Probably not. But these folks in Longwood, Fla. did.
I implore you to read “National Zoo Animals React to the Earthquake.” It’s awesome. Awesome, awesome, awesome. Like, this awesome: Iris (an orangutan) began “belch vocalizing”—an unhappy/upset noise normally reserved for extreme irritation—before the quake and continued this vocalization following…
(H/T Scuttlefish)
