Sometimes it takes me a bit longer than others to discover things. Not that this bothers me, mind you. I happen to be perfectly comfortable with my ways; they make me feel as though I’m never rushing into things unwisely. One of the things that most everyone else seems to have long known that I’ve […]
John E. Riutta
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Posts by John E. Riutta, MA, MBA, FLS, MemRES:
Digiscoping by the Mighty Columbia
With the advancing springtime offering longer daylight hours and improved weather conditions, my family and I took a trip back to our ancestral home of Astoria, Oregon for a week-end stay at the Cannery Pier Hotel. Built on the pier of a former salmon cannery, this hotel offers a view like no other of the […]
Paying it Forward One Beehive at a Time
In their recent book A World Without Bees, Alison Benjamin and Brian McCallum paint a grim picture of what life would be like for humans if it weren’t for bees. Most of what we eat grows as either a result of direct pollination by bees or, in the case of livestock such as cattle, pigs, […]
Meditations in a Japanese Garden – Part Three
There are times in life when one feels helplessly caught up in competition with others just to obtain the necessities of living.