Nature
Floods
Puffin Colony, Maine, USA The wind rushes past, ruffling along the back edges of my feathers and stinging my eyes. My partner flies beside me, her wingstrokes almost in tandem with my own. We dip and glide between the ocean’s updrafts, flying in earnest towards the coastline far ahead, just below the horizon. The breeze shifts into warmer currents as we approach the shore, the one we see every year. Just a slope of green before the larger rocky coastline behind it, this island is where we come to breed; this is the island where I was born. We come back every year on the solstice, nesting before summer starts to come. Other pairs land first and latch their feet onto the land, one in front of the other, as they put their beaks to the ground, wings still outstretched. Some of them bump against one another and they part their beaks in momentary annoyance. Then their wings fold and they duck their heads into their burrows. My partner lands just before me and I follow. As she goes to inspect the outer edges of our burrow, the one we’ve used each year, I dip my head inside it.
By Tessa Markham4 years ago in Earth
The Sand Hills. Top Story - December 2021.
The memory that will forever be burned into my mind and soul is the one that sparked and shaped my passion for life. It was the utmost natural and authentic feelings of my existence and occurred when I was miles away from familiarity.
By The Priestess of Portals4 years ago in Earth
Fish Kill Cover-Up
This story is the tenth installment of a Vocal creators collaborative calling attention to a crisis facing the entire planet-plastics in the ocean. Here is the previous story, The Tale of Eco The Dolphin by Josephine Mason. While the following story is an extrapolated, fictionalized account, the science is very real. The sources I used are listed at the end of this story.
By J. Delaney-Howe4 years ago in Earth
8 Benefits of Houseplants
Whether you are an active person, always divided between office, outings, and important meetings, or you are a woman in love with the privacy of your home and you prefer to enjoy more free time spent in the privacy of your own home, it is very important that the environment to give your home what you are looking for, that is, relaxation, peace of mind, to help you recharge your batteries and to be able to focus on your daily challenges.
By Carren Sanders4 years ago in Earth
Nature Can Be a Mother When She’s Angry
Hurricanes, atmospheric rivers, tornados, wildfires, floods, droughts, polar vortex, failed and destroyed crops and similar events appear to be increasing on our planet. Added to pandemics, diseases, cancers and infections that are evolving to be more resistant to our treatments. Why is this all happening? From a scientific position many point to climate change to blame for some of these, others believe technology and mankind’s altering and polluting of the planet has influenced some other of these troubles. I say overpopulation.
By Doug Caldwell4 years ago in Earth
Why You Can No Longer Appreciate The Stars
Let's create a scenario. One summer night, you want to chill and read under the cover of the night's sky. You gather up your things and go outside. You are expecting to look up and see the stars but no. There is none. Not even little specs of stars right above. There is just blackness, nothing to gaze to. At least the moon is still there right?
By Sharing Randomly4 years ago in Earth
