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
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Fall in Love with Nature
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 