This is my journey to expand my umwelt through creative writing (words), photo journals (windows), and artwork (worlds).

Selected Stories

A chain of salps in blue ocean under the sun

SALP POWER, PART II

These strange transparent blobs possess many qualities of a superhero. Why do we keep ignoring them?
Sunrise over the ocean at La Jolla California

A RICHER WORLD OF PERCEPTIONS

Swimming off the California coast in winter is like treading in the intertidal zone of the senses, where unwelcome sensations can turn into opportunities.
Monarch butterflies rising

ACCIDENT

One biking accident is fictional, the other one is real. Which one is which? They crossed paths of each other, unplanned.
Desert Agave in the foreground with purple pink wildflowers in the background at June Wash in Anza Borrego State Park. (Minghua Nie | Photography)

DESERT BLOOM

Spring rain brings “clouds” of purple to June Wash in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Selected Photos

Emory’s rockdaisy, Perityle emoryi
Beautiful and delicate Spanish needle.
jellyfish tentacles my umwelt footer
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Emory’s rockdaisy, Perityle emoryi
Beautiful and delicate Spanish needle.
jellyfish tentacles my umwelt footer
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backpacking BCP biological carbon pump California carbon Chamisso climate cold Décima europa false point fear featured fish fishing Huxley La Jolla Larry Madin light name New Zealand ocean oceanography perception photo essay photo journal Pisaster ochraceus poem poetry salp salps Sea Star Sierra Club SIO stories Super Takuma swimming Thomas Huxley tide pool tidepool water WBC WHOI windows words

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