Some people are thrill-seekers. They jump from planes, chase bad guys, or cross against the light.  Not me. I am an astonishment-seeker. I live for that unique bright-light instant when I am truly and profoundly astonished.

It happened the day I glimpsed a wild Indian elephant miraculously emerge, ghost-like, from the Sri Lankan woods.  It happened the first time I looked through my own telescope and beheld a gleaming silver jewel that was Saturn. I was astonished when I learned that the canopy of the redwood forest, some 300 feet in the air, is home to an entire ecosystem – a land actually— that includes grass, blueberry bushes, frogs, and small ponds.

I write to bring these astonishing moments, bits of science, and brief encounters to light.  It’s my way of taking readers on my own personal tour of the world.

I hope you’ll walk with me.

-K~

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