I found myself stuck in traffic in México City when I happened to be in front of the apartment building in which my grandmother says she lived, in the neighborhood where my mother also grew up. I was on my way from Coyoacán to El Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes. I had only gotten … Continue reading Tree of Hope
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 