Just back from Osa Pennisula, Guaria retreat center, Costa Rica with Jonathon Miller Weisberger and here are some of the plants I met. As long as the rainforests live, the medicine lives. Which one of these flowers is mangosteen? Which flower gave us the chemotherapy Vincristine? Read more →
Jeff and I just got back from the Broken islands, BC trip. As many of you know, we have been kayak camping for over fifteen years on the West coast of Vancouver island and the San Juan Islands. The good news is we saw a small group of sea lions, some seals, a few grey whales and some porpoises but… Read more →
It’s a banner year for salmon around the San Juan Islands so its a banner year for seeing Orcas. Here I am with L pod (I think) There were about 20 whales all around us. We did not get good photos. The last photo is a male as he is descending. If his full dorsal fin were exposed it would… Read more →