The following is an essay I wrote back when our daughter was just a toddler. I hope you find its message just as relevant today as I did when I wrote it – and still do. Early this past Father’s Day morning, just after 6:30, our two year old daughter came bounding into our bedroom […]
John E. Riutta
About John E. Riutta
Posts by John E. Riutta, MA, MBA, FLS, MemRES:
It’s Finally Here!
After months of waiting, sometimes even patiently, Jerry Powell and Paul Opler‘s Moths of Western North America, a book I have long anticipated has finally arrived and is now safely resting upon my desk.
Just a Reminder
Being Homo sapiens, we take a certain amount of pride in the fact that, for good or ill, we have evolved into a top level position in the biosphere. Indeed, as noted by the eminent biologist E.O. Wilson, we may actually be the first life form on the planet ever to have evolved into a […]
Camera Karma
One of the less commonly discussed aspects of photography is that of camera karma – the intangible force of the universe that keeps all photographers in proper balance with their equipment. Somewhat ironically overseen in this world by Kwanon, the bodhisattva of compassion as well as the original brand name of today’s Canon Corporation (true […]