Antoinetta Lilly

Antonietta Lilly | Invitation from a White Whale

For the past several years I have been exposed to vast amounts of information about whales and dolphins. A network of organizations, such as Save the Whales, Greenpeace, Dolphin Embassy, etc., has formed across the country. People everywhere are interested in what they sense are joyful beings, and they want to know more about them. They come to my husband, John Lilly, for advice and information because he was the […]

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Dr. Toni Frohoff | Life among dolphins

Toni Frohoff, Ph.D., is a renowned wildlife author, science-based advocate, and marine mammal behavioral biologist who has been studying marine mammal behavior and communication for thirty years. She is the co-founder and research director at the international TerraMar Research and Learning Institute, a nonprofit cetacean research institute located in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Frohoff is also co-founder of Wild-Wisdom, a new nonprofit that not only provides educational and experiential opportunities […]

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Dennis W. Schwesinger

Dennis W. Schwesinger | Rocks and Skins and Wings and Shells and Sensitivities

Stone canoes dug deep enough can float But skin stretched over wooden bones Floats high and carries lighter Across sand bars and forest trails And if capsized bobs up and pulls Easily to shore to be reentered   It’s cold in night’s unbound horizons Filled with rocks and nuclear upheavals Too dim or too ill imagined to possess What reason reasons being Rarer things bear consciousness Wolves and cats and […]

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Lorraine Caputo | Spirit Bolom*

In the twilight of morn the Jaguar upon my wall jumps down upon my bed   I lie still sensing him lying next to my still-sleeping body His breath       his rough tongue bathes me in long strokes   & when I awaken with the light of dawn his musk fills my room   * “Bolom” means “jaguar” in Tzotzil Maya.

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