David Perry

1 month ago | jasonanthony.substack.com | Jason Anthony |David Perry |Sam Matey

Hello everyone:After a month and a half of watching a gang of unqualified billionaires, fossil fuel executives, “Christian” nationalists, white supremacists, and Nazi sympathizers dismantle the nation’s scientific institutions, convert billions in aid for the needy (here and abroad) into tax breaks for the wealthy, and begin to convert the U.S. executive branch into a fascist stronghold, it’s a good time to revisit last year’s essay on parasites.

2 months ago | chasingnature.substack.com | Bryan Pfeiffer |David Perry

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -6:47Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. ON Inauguration Day, I woke up to a poem in my head. I don’t normally compose much poetry, certainly not before coffee. So I wrote a draft of the poem in my notebook and proceeded with plans to walk into the forest here in Vermont before Donald J. Trump was sworn into office. In this preview episode of the new Chasing Nature Podcast, I recite my poem from beside an iced-over brook in snowy woods.

May 1, 2024 | jasonanthony.substack.com | Jason Anthony |David Perry

Hello everyone:In last week’s piece on the beauty of winter, I meant to connect all of you to a very short beautiful gem called Compassion in the Anthropocene: Wax Scraps by Michael, who describes himself as a “former soldier, pool hustler, philosopher, last place runner, mediocre monk.” Please take a look. For those of you in the northern hemisphere, welcome to Spring. Happy Autumn to those in the temperate south, and a happy Friday to you chilling in the tropics or at the Poles.

Apr 24, 2024 | bbc.com | David Perry

The triumphant return of the US' sandcastle championshipsBy David Perry,Features correspondentDavid PerryEach April, Port Aransas becomes the epicentre of the sand-sculpting universe (Credit: David Perry)Located on a barrier island just off Texas' city of Corpus Christi, Port Aransas (population: 3,600) is barely more than a sleepy hamlet most of the year.

Apr 14, 2024 | gonomad.com | David Perry

Batavia New York Embraces Eclipse 2024 With Food and Folksy Funksy Fun: Plus Jello!By David PerrySenior WriterI drove six hours across the New York hinterlands  for Eclipse 2024 and it was a ride. There was rain, sleet, and snow — usually all at once! — so I couldn’t wait to pull into Batavia, capital of bucolic Genesee County, if only to pry my white-knuckled grip off the steering wheel.