<p>I'm reading from How to be a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery,  we will get to know a Giant Pacific Octopus. This chapter is full of surprises. Temple Grandin wrote on the jacket, "A truly beautiful book, about life, family, loss and love."</p>

I'm reading from How to be a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery, we will get to know a Giant Pacific Octopus. This chapter is full of surprises. Temple Grandin wrote on the jacket, "A truly beautiful book, about life, family, loss and love."

<p>I'm reading from&nbsp;How to be a Good Creature&nbsp;by Sy Montgomery, &nbsp;we will get to know a Giant Pacific Octopus. This chapter is full of surprises. Temple Grandin wrote on the jacket, "A truly beautiful book, about life, family, loss and love."</p>

December 9th, 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 9th, 2025

December 9th, 2025