Category Archives: New Perspectives

A potluck of musings: What else to do with insights on birding gained from parenting reminiscences?

More Than Meets the Eye

Posted on 13 June 2020 by Isabel Gibson

What I learned from a 19th-century polymath. Continue reading →

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Harder Than It Looks

Posted on 07 June 2020 by Isabel Gibson

It seems like it should be so simple. Continue reading →

Posted in New Perspectives, Photos of Fauna, Thinking Broadly | Tagged , | 11 Comments

The Hot Seat – Part II

Posted on 30 May 2020 by Isabel Gibson

An exercise in grace. Continue reading →

Posted in Feeling Clearly, New Perspectives, Relationships and Behaviour | Tagged , | 12 Comments

In the Spring – Part II

Posted on 09 May 2020 by Isabel Gibson

Michener’s missionaries and me. Continue reading →

Posted in Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly | Tagged , | 8 Comments

If It Be Now

Posted on 05 April 2020 by Isabel Gibson

3, 4, 6, 8, who do we appreciate? Well, we don’t appreciate any of those, thank you very much. Continue reading →

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As Usual and As Not

Posted on 21 March 2020 by Isabel Gibson

Be seeing ya. Continue reading →

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Pale Blue Dot

Posted on 22 February 2020 by Isabel Gibson

Where we are in the cosmos. Continue reading →

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If 100 People Lived on Earth

Posted on 18 January 2020 by Isabel Gibson

It would be strangely quiet. Likely boring, too. Continue reading →

Posted in New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly, You are Here | Tagged , | 14 Comments

The Good Old Days

Posted on 11 October 2019 by Isabel Gibson

Ah for the good old days, when “extra” actually meant something. Continue reading →

Posted in New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly | Tagged | 8 Comments