I’m redoing the blog site to be more work oriented, so changed the “About” page that had this photo. Things are still “in the works,” but hope to update bit by bit. The blog will be more ecology oriented though I will do at least one more re rest of time in Morocco.
Mom is doing well, after a fall in October 2020 that led to a broken hip and shoulder, then another fall chasing a Moscovy duck from her patio in 2021. No broken bones from her nemesis Dr. Quack, who always greeted everyone with a welcoming wag of his or her tail and hope in his or her eyes, and was later relocated, to the neighborhood’s relief. This photo is from before her falls. I’m wearing a butternut and resin pin/necklace friend Julien made and gave to her, and I borrowed to go with the earrings he also made (thanks, Julien). She lost 30 lbs after the fall, related to two large doses of general anesthesia for her surgeries. If you need surgery, see if a local can do the trick instead of general–she didn’t really have an option…
The blog will continue to be a bit more personal than professional and I still have a bunch of photos from Morocco I’d like to upload and share.
I made it briefly to Fez, Marrakech, Imlil (in the mountains near Marrakech–my favorite of the few places I got to visit due to the wonderful organizer and his love of community), a neat birding spot Moulay Bousselham Lagoon, a super sweet family in a less touristy area near Ouezzane, the beautiful blue town of Chefchaouen and a national park just north of there. I had a quick dip in the Mediterranean Ocean in a part of the country where more people speak Spanish as a second or third language than French and encounters with native chameleons, then headed inland in search of Barbary macaques near Azrou. Then it was back to Rabat with deep empathy for folks who face chronic pain from sciatica, regret for not being able to meet and work with more farmers, and appreciation for all the wonderful scientists and other folks who shared a bit of time with me. No trace of sciatica now, thanks to lots of digging for a big vegetable garden and native plantings…and lots of anticipation as things flush out with spring.
Wild Bee Plantings 