Tag: Noticing

Noticing in Spain and Italy

No screens on windows I’ve never thought to ask any of my European-residing pals why there are no screens on windows, on doors. Are there fewer insects in Europe? I can’t recall any mosquitos, ahh— the dream! Or are folks more inviting, sharing space with critters? Smoking ...

Birds and The Fine Art of Noticing

If you were to wake up tomorrow from sixteen months of fairy-tale sleep, you’d probably have a few questions. What the heck is a delta variant? What happened to restaurant menus? When did all of my friends become birdwatchers? On the last Monday in May of this year, 1,046 birders in New Yor...