havens & hotspots

So much hope is riding on Philippine presidential candidate Leni Robredo and her running mate Kiko Pangilinan - as the country gears up for elections on May 10. 

rich marine life on Monterey Bay, California

Far removed in our adopted countries, wonder | wander | women watch closely - anxious and vigilant. To ease our vexed psyches, we turn to nature documentaries to soothe our sore savaged souls. 

Longtime fans of David Attenborough and his beloved BBC docus of the living world in all its wonder and complexity - we know where to seek our reassuring fix. 

exhausted & strung out

W magazine posted an article about frolicking dolphins in the clear canals of Venice. The tragic double edge to this happy news is that it took a forced lock down that quarantined humans away to create some space for nature and other animals to come out and play.

Did it have to take a pandemic of CoVid19 proportions for this to happen? This is what happens to our earth without us humans. Maybe we will learn to be more mindful about sharing in the future - provided there still is one for us. Nature all too easily takes back what is rightfully hers.