I did more than take field trips this year, honest!
The first sentence (more or less) of the first post for the last twelve months:
- 4 January: And we’re back in the theater!
- 8 February: I assisted at Elklick Woodlands Natural Area Preserve for a couple of work days.
- 5 March: We are into the week of dress rehearsals after two 12-hour days of tech work over the weekend.
- 3 April: Video of my presentation on the Federal Duck Stamp to the Holston Rivers Chapter of Virginia Master Naturalists.
- 9 May: A very personal piece of metatheater, Amm(i)gone is an extended Moth-style confessional monologue about Adil’s efforts to reconnect with his devout Muslim mother (his ammi) by unconventional means: an (uncompleted) joint project to translate Sophocles’ Antigone into Urdu.
- 5 June: Ken Rosenthal of Reston’s Walker Nature Center led a birding walk on the Limberlost Trail loop in Shenandoah National Park.
- 3 July: The Clifton Institute held a second June bioblitz on private property in Rappahannock County, this time on a smaller site (about 50 acres).
- 3 August: The action was a little slow: we suspect that butterfly numbers are down due to the drought.
- 6 September: Genevieve Wall led a two-day foray to several sites along the James River in Richmond and environs.
- 14 October: Another Friday, another butterfly/dragonfly/everything survey with Jim Waggener and his posse, this time to the Julie Metz Wetlands.
- 6 November: EDGAR. O gods! Who is’t can say, “I am at the worst”?
- 17 December: Full of stars: It’s only been 100 years since we learned that there are other galaxies out there.
The year in review: