insisting you notice her even as she sweeps grandly away, trailing drops across leaves, that bend in the sun, recovering from her fierce appearance, and like filmmakers that race to shoot while streets are wet, I am learning to wait in readiness, part of the Nature Paparazzi corps, to catch her exit and the dazzling [...]

After a storm, suspended rain drops reveal hidden webs on plants, dot the insides of flowers. On my way to the University of Virginia this morning, I paused at a small outgrowth that held up a canopy of interlaced threads, much like I was about to do for a small audience of colleagues in the [...]