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Wednesday Wordcraft: The Urban Wild

by Kim | Mar 27, 2019 | Books, Nature, Wednesday Wordcraft | 0 |

I was texting my family this morning with clips from our trail cams, showing them the fox and the...

Wednesday Wordcraft: Old books, old friends

by Kim | Feb 20, 2019 | Books, Wednesday Wordcraft | 2 |

An occasional weekly post on writing, reading, books and other wordy topics. I probably have some...

Friday Fiction Facts: Floaty Sandwiches and Flaming Space Rocks

by Kim | Dec 13, 2013 | Books, Friday Fiction Facts, Guest Posts | 0 |

Welcome to this week’s Friday Fiction Facts! Sciency things fiction-writers need to know. This...

Friday Fiction Facts: Mouthwatering Madness

by Kim | Jun 21, 2013 | Books, Friday Fiction Facts, People | 1 |

Welcome to this week’s Friday Fiction Facts! Sciency things fiction-writers need to know. This week’s Friday Fiction Facts are drawn from Mary Roach’s delightful book, Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal. For those of you...

Real Science Gifts for Kids

by Kim | Dec 11, 2012 | Books, Science | 3 |

I was having a conversation recently with an editor at the NY Times about the trends in science toys in the last 30+ years. One of the things that came out of that discussion was that many “educational” toys today...

Today’s the day! Best Science Writing Online 2012

by Kim | Sep 18, 2012 | Books, Writing | 0 |

As many of you know, my blog post, “Romeo: A Lone Wolf’s Tragedy in Three Acts” was selected for publication in Scientific American’s Best Science Writing Online 2012, an anthology featuring more than 50 of the...

The Last Night of the World

by Kim | Jun 7, 2012 | Books, People | 4 |

Ray Bradbury: (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) My small tribute to the man who turned me on to Science Fiction. The first science fiction story I ever read was Bradbury’s “Kaleidoscope.” (thanks Dad!). It...

Water Apes: Carrying the torch for a failed theory

by Kim | Apr 9, 2012 | Books, People, Science | 14 |

Last week the popular website IO9 ran a tongue-in-cheek story headlined, “Could Humans Have Evolved From Dolphins?” While posted in fun, originally the humor wasn’t entirely clear (it has since been updated), so the story...

Wanna see my picture on the cover …

by Kim | Mar 20, 2012 | Art, Books, News and Events, Science, Writing | 4 |

Wanna buy five copies for my mother! Wanna see my smilin’ face… Well, not exactly the cover of the Rolling Stone.. but even BETTER! Here’s the fabulous cover design for The Best Science Writing Online 2012. ...

Yay for random prizes!

by Kim | Dec 18, 2011 | Books, News and Events | 0 |

Hey, look what I won! That’s the gorgeous book, Poseidon’s Steed, by Helen Scales –truly a lovely natural history of seahorses and human’s relationship with these remarkable creatures. Then there’s...

Me with a Lion Cub: Right or Wrong?

by Kim | Jul 19, 2011 | Books, Environment | 0 |

Here’s me with a baby lion, taken in 2009 during a behind-the-scenes tour with the director of Six Flags Great Adventure Safari in New Jersey. They were in the veterinary building because they had been rejected by their mother...