At the beginning of the summer I went to see a matinee performance of “Real Women Have Curves: The Musical.” A friend and I bought last minute tickets to a show the week before it was set to close due to “low sales.” I wasn’t prepared to be so moved by the story and the … Continue reading I Want To Be a Bird
Earlier this year I took an online class with Pollinators Partnership to get certified as a Pollinator Steward. The program has two components: lectures on pollinators across North America and a community engagement and garden building part. My curiosity in pollinators grew from doing research for my novel in progress about a family responsible for … Continue reading Transplants, Pollinators, and Gardens
A few weeks after Trump took office for his second presidential term I went to Mexico to visit the monarch butterflies. I’d visited their sanctuary in the mountains last year and this time around it felt like I was visiting old friends. I was excited to spend time with them but mostly I was anxious … Continue reading Fall in Love with Nature
Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez 