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I’m typing this with an icepack duct taped to my shoulder. Deb and I have lived in the middle of th,e Essen Wildlife Refuge for 29 years, and it wasn’t until 2 years ago that a moose charged us (the one in this picture). At least that moose gave us enough notice to dive out […]
Whew! I just finished the first draft of the sequel to The Silver Squad: Rebels With Wrinkles. My wife, Deb, has suggested a title, which just might stick: The Silver Squad Rides Again. I started writing in August, but this sequel gave me the worst bouts of writer’s block I’ve ever had. I kept waiting […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4703: This is an O’Shaughnessy’s gecko, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Marty’s photo of the day #4702: This is a baby howler monkey. Note the mother’s head just above the baby. Photographed in Costa Rica.
Marty’s photo of the day #4699: I shot this photo along the coast of Antarctica. There are two humpback whales in this photo. Can you find them?
Marty’s photo of the day #4698: Last week, while talking with a pharmacist about my upcoming trip to New Guinea and the long list of vaccinations the CDC recommends for travel there, we discussed a pre-exposure rabies shot. He said, “That’s only necessary if you’re going to be in a cave full of bats.” I […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4697: That eye you see in this photo belongs to an octopus. (Photographed in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico)
Marty’s photo of the day #4695: This is Eve, the World’s Most Famous Rainbow Boa. She’s 24 years old, and at over 7 feet long, she’s bigger than the maximum size listed in many species guides. Yesterday was feeding day for her and Adam and their daughter Lara Flynn Boa. I was out of large […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4693: This is a Calliandra grandiflora, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Marty’s photo of the day #4690: There is so much going on in this photo I shot in the Everglades that it’s easy to miss the alligator.
Marty’s photo of the day #4689: Waterbucks, photographed I was while backpacking across Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe.
