Christie Palmer Lowrance - Blog

Elections

It is four days after arthroscopic knee surgery, and my turtle-speed with a metal walker is steadily improving. Pauli stopped by with a ...

An Historic Gathering

In late July, 2012, I was a few days away from mailing the publisher my finished manuscript for Nature's Ambassador: The Legacy of Thornt...

THE 1931 MATAMEK CONFERENCE ON BIOLOGICAL CYCLES

BURGESS This is the third post (see "Migratory Bird Treaty," "Klamath River Reclamation") that highlights children’s author Thornton Bu...

IT'S ABOUT TIME...

Since I’ve let three post-less months pass without so much as a lame or cryptic explanation, it might be appropriate to offer some form o...

WHEN CHILDREN ARE TEACHERS

No crystal ball could have prepared me for a day in which I would have two grandchildren in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and two grandchildren...

A KLAMATH RIVER RESTORATION CAMPAIGN ...IN 1926

For those who lauded the recent historic signing of agreements that would by 2020 bring down four hydroelectric dams blocking salmon and ...

THE MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY AND THORNTON W. BURGESS

The 1916 Migratory Bird Treaty has been a powerful piece of American conservation legislation for 100 years, but few know about the impor...

PERSPECTIVE

One of the best things about a party, food and drink aside, is the potential to encounter new people, new ideas and information, or new p...

A MAN WHO LOVED DEEPLY

With Valentine's Day approaching, I'm reminded of the privilege I had as a writer to witness a special love story, and would like to shar...

"TOO MUCH TO LIVE FOR TO GROW OLD..."

Thornton Burgess, the subject of my 2013 biography Nature’s Ambassador, loved celebrating his January 14 birthday. A modest, low-key man ...

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