Fort Worth Botanic Garden’s new website goes live
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the moment an organization completely revamps its website, the clock starts ticking on the need to completely revamp it again.
Rite of Spring advances to second round at Austin Film Festival
I was uncertain if I wanted to attend the Austin Film Festival screenwriting conference–I kinda wanted to go, but you know, there will be people there and people are, frankly, a lot. But I advanced to the second round in the Drama category. So I’m going, people or no!
APPA: Report predicts challenges and opportunities of higher education in 2030
The final APPA Thought Leaders report for 2024 was recently released. This is always a satisfying day, the result of several months of work. This year, 30 higher education experts met in Alexandria, Virginia to discuss the the future of college and university campuses in 2030.
Fort Worth Botanic Garden: Embrace the philosophy of Japanese gardening
For the October issue of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden newsletter, I talked to Nick Esthus, the horticultural manager of the Japanese Garden, about the philosophy behind this remarkable space. He also discussed how to apply these principles at home, saying: “The goal is to create a beautiful space that exists in harmony with the surrounding architecture and landscape.”
Fort Worth Botanic Garden: Enjoy strawberry shortcake, guacamole, chocolate and coffee? Thank a pollinator!
The Fort Worth Botanic Garden celebrates butterflies every spring with the annual Butterflies in the Garden event. For the March newsletter, I wrote about the importance of pollinators including butterflies. Here’s a great fact: Of the 1,400 or so crop plants grown around the world, 75 to 80 percent require pollination by animals, including insects […]
Rite of Spring script advances to semifinal round of 2024 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
Very excited to receive the announcement today that my screenplay “Rite of Spring” has advanced to the semifinal round of the 2024 Academy Nicholl Fellowship. It’s so exciting to know people are reading this story and enjoying it. Now I gnaw my fingernails to the bone waiting for the next announcement.
Educational program introduces K-12 students to archaeology
I was happy to get this assignment from American Archaeology, because it seemed so straightforward: a program that provides curricula to K-12 teachers to introduce them to archaeology.
Archaeological field schools transform under pressure to welcome more students to the field
Field schools are required to become an archaeologist at any level, but traditionally these schools have been expensive summer programs close-to-inaccessible to students with disabilities. But efforts are underway to make field schools more widely available–an essential step toward expanding the discipline.
Remarkable evidence of continuous occupation of Idaho site, going back 16,000 years
This is one of the most convincing sites of pre-Clovis settlement of North America, with beautiful evidence that points to continuous occupation of an Idaho riverbank for 16,000.