It is my pleasure to read from Sy Montgomery's book How to be a Good Creature, A Memoir in Thirteen Animals. This chapter called Clarabelle is about tarantulas. There's such a sweetness to this spider. Let's find out about this good creature that can live 30 years!

It is my pleasure to read from Sy Montgomery's book How to be a Good Creature, A Memoir in Thirteen Animals. This chapter called Clarabelle is about tarantulas. There's such a sweetness to this spider. Let's find out about this good creature that can live 30 years!

It is my pleasure to read from Sy Montgomery's book&nbsp;How to be a Good Creature,&nbsp;A Memoir in Thirteen Animals.&nbsp;This chapter called&nbsp;Clarabelle&nbsp;is about tarantulas. There's such a sweetness to this spider. Let's find out about this good creature that can live 30 years!

December 2nd, 2025

In the summer of 1972, I wandered out of a newly rented farm house, looked up, and saw 2 red-tailed hawks soaring over woods and pasture. They were so beautiful, so other-worldly, I was overcome with a desire to know everything about them.

Years later I became a wildlife rehabilitator and a falconer and was able to have close hands-on experience with them. Today that desire to learn about the natural world has only broadened and intensified. I'll read some of my favorite biologists' writings and occasionally include my own thoughts.

In the summer of 1972, I wandered out of a newly rented farm house, looked up, and saw 2 red-tailed hawks soaring over woods and pasture. They were so beautiful, so other-worldly, I was overcome with a desire to know everything about them. Years later I became a wildlife rehabilitator and a falconer and was able to have close hands-on experience with them. Today that desire to learn about the natural world has only broadened and intensified. I'll read some of my favorite biologists' writings and occasionally include my own thoughts.

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December 2nd, 2025

December 2nd, 2025