A key source of inspiration for my work-in-progress came from one of my granddaughter’s most favorite books. Titled MAPS, by Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski, this visually enticing “atlas” for children (and adults) enlightened me to the immense numbers and kinds of rabbits all around the world—as well as their sensitivity to habitat and other… Read More
“Climate change threatens more than two-thirds of rabbit species,” according to a study reported by Katie Leach, Queen’s University Belfast; an alarming trend that will affect the world’s 87 species of lagomorphs, a group that includes rabbits, hares, and pikas. Habitat loss, adaptation, relocation, and extinction of these populations will only increase in the years… Read More
In addition to the 40,000-plus handwritten words and nearly 7,000 typed words that I’ll have in hand by the time I finish National Novel Writing Month on Friday, I also have a secret weapon: my writing journals. The poet Deborah Keenan encouraged all of her students to keep writing journals and over the past few… Read More