Salutations, fiction-lovers. Today, I’m very excited to bring you Julie Gabrielli. Julie is the author of Building Hope, where she shares deep dives into architecture, literature, and the climate crisis. Her singing dog Brody also makes the occasional appearance. Julie is awesome, her substack is awesome — all I can say is that you should subscribe!
My friend and I visited Ramsey Canyon in southeastern Arizona on Monday which is a Mecca for bird watchers apparently because 2 migratory flyways intersect there. As we sat by the window in the Ramsey Canyon Inn eating home made pie and sipping tea while watching numerous colorful and rare hummingbirds feed at the feeder outside the window I couldn’t help but think about how for many, birding is only about collecting memories of sightings in a bucket list with little regard for the impact on the environment from all the driving to destinations and tromping around to scratch another trophy off the list. Of course we were guilty to having done the same just to eat their delicious pie.
My friend and I visited Ramsey Canyon in southeastern Arizona on Monday which is a Mecca for bird watchers apparently because 2 migratory flyways intersect there. As we sat by the window in the Ramsey Canyon Inn eating home made pie and sipping tea while watching numerous colorful and rare hummingbirds feed at the feeder outside the window I couldn’t help but think about how for many, birding is only about collecting memories of sightings in a bucket list with little regard for the impact on the environment from all the driving to destinations and tromping around to scratch another trophy off the list. Of course we were guilty to having done the same just to eat their delicious pie.
I really enjoyed this story.
Thanks. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Beautiful little story. Paints such a vivid picture from many different perspectives.
Thanks for reading, Shoni. Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for doing this, Mikey. Much appreciated!