(This article originally appeared on TasteTablet.) Take a moment to shut yourself in a windowless room in your home. Turn out the lights, and sit quietly. What do you see? What do you hear? Maybe there are shadows dancing in the strip of light under the door. Maybe you hear cars honking, toddlers giggling. Wherever Read More
(Published in my college newspaper, the Randolph-Macon Yellow Jacket, in 2008) Imagine wandering into the depths of a neotropical rainforest and taking in the sight of hundreds of plants in vibrant greens towering high above your head. Imagine inhaling a strong musk and seeing its owner, the pig-like peccary, trot past into another patch of Read More