A lot has happened recently, and none of it involves me spending much time writing or blogging as of late. Hopefully I will be rectifying that mistake (now/soon/possibly). I've had the thought that we journal everything in our lives, both what we actually put down, and the things we don't put directly onto paper... Continue Reading →
The name seeing nonsense.
Some people are confused by my website title and screen name. Fundamentally, it is named after the first story I actually finished writing (flash and poetry not included) after high school, that is available on this website if you want all possible context. More basically you should imagine this picture to get what I... Continue Reading →
Anthropology, actually
Thanks to the University of Washington Anthropology Department for my recent feature...
December 15th, 2018. Back from Forest Guard Training Course.
To Follow: More pictures, more information, etc. Just got back from PLT's Guardabosque Primatology Field Research Methods Course (including environmental education training), and the experience is something I won't forget. Met amazing people, and got to know ones I already knew better. I am thinking now of how it is only 10 days until Christmas,... Continue Reading →
Half-Marathon para la tierra!
To learn more check out here... To donate: https://www.gofundme.com/do-something-para-la-tierra
September 14th, 2018.
The small ants - light red, turning to orange, maybe to brown, in certain lights or on certain segments of their bodies - which crawled up my hands and fingers as we baited and re-baited the Sherman traps; these small biting creatures which on the last day fruitlessly stung my gloves as I rapidly and... Continue Reading →
August 18, 2018
This week has been good, caught fish, butterflies, geckos, and toads. The toads just sit on the streets after dark. They are really slow. They are poisonous, but it is interesting to think how many of them must simply be killed, eaten, and then make an animal sick in order to prevent that individual from... Continue Reading →
Friday. August 10th, 2018.
I am waking up to my first day in Pilar, Paraguay. I think I heard the howler monkeys this morning, but I am not sure. I know I heard two roosters, one very far away, one very, very near. The town is beautiful, and the bus ride in was as well (see pictures below). Though... Continue Reading →
Primates, Jack 