Natural Reflections by Jeff Tome

Natural Reflections by Jeff Tome

Another year bites the dust. Today it is a memory. In ten years it will be a fuzzy memory. In twenty years it will be history and the music from this year will be cool “retro” music on the radio and all of this year’s fashions, which will be embarrassing ten years...
The Big Picture by Jeff Tome

The Big Picture by Jeff Tome

There was a flock of birds at Audubon last week whose population has dropped by 85% to 99% in the last 40 years. That’s a huge number. For every 100 birds around when I was born, only one exists today. No one even knows what has caused the decline and, truthfully, no...
Seeking New Experiences by Jeff Tome

Seeking New Experiences by Jeff Tome

Rarely does a photo on Facebook make me jealous, but one of my friends put one up last summer that made me drool with envy. She was in a creek with a bunch of other people lifting a giant rock to find one of the most elusive salamanders in the area, the Hellbender....