October 29, 2021

Rachel Woods

Have you ever swam through a warm column of water in an otherwise cool pool or pond? This is the best metaphor for my experience, except, instead of warm water, I walked right into a cloud of husky aromatics. Was it wet or sweaty? My memory of this exact moment, is warmth.

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Rachel Woods

February 26, 2021

A Night in the Life

Rachel Woods

February 26, 2021

At the end of one of the videos, we see him glide toward a large tree, drifting down at first then kind of curving up to grasp the bark, holding tight, not on the perch of a horizontal branch but on the vertical plane of the trunk. We could see his eyes illuminated by the camera. And then we saw the second set of eyes. The squirrel was not alone!

Rachel Woods

February 12, 2021

That is Not a Flying Squirrel

Rachel Woods

February 12, 2021

I used my cell phone to text my son who was upstairs playing video games. “Come quick. It’s staring at me!” That’s enough to get a 13-year-old to drop his game controller. “And bring my binoculars.”
My binoculars found their mark and then the truth was clear, “That’s not a flying squirrel!”