As the days grow shorter and the air acquires an element of dry crispness, there is little doubt that the equinox has indeed passed us by and that autumn is here. To some this may be a time of disappointment and sadness at the prospect of summer’s long, warm days being relegated to mere memories […]
John E. Riutta
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Posts by John E. Riutta, MA, MBA, FLS, MemRES:
True Leadership
The only redeeming aspect of the presidential campaign season in which those of us in the United States are presently knee deep is that, just as it does every four years, it causes many of the nature-focused periodicals to direct their editorial attention to subjects of national natural importance. Take for instance the Fall 2008 […]
Electronic Irony
As I’ve spent the better part of the past two days migrating my life’s work from one laptop to a new one, I’ve been pondering the nature of life in what to some at least is Web 2.0 age. Although I’ve probably spent the better portion of the past decade engaged in communications that have […]
A Lesson Insufficiently Learned
I seem to recall that it was in Douglas Adam’s novel A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that the advice “always know where your towel is” was given. This afternoon, I found myself in the uncomfortable position of not knowing. However in my particular situation, perhaps not unlike some mysterious sub-textual meaning in Adam’s novel, […]