When I was knee high to a short toad I was always playing with sharp and pointy sticks. mama was always saying, “And don’t you play with any sharp and pointy sticks, if you do you are going to poke out both of your eyes and you will be blind for the rest of your [...]

My desk is located exactly fifty feet above the ground next to an ancient cypress tree. It defies all logic and all natural laws as it floats there while I work.
As I sit at my desk I can look out over the surrounding swamp and up and down the river and now and then a [...]

The one thing I’ve learned from the writing life is that the hounds of knowledge always send the lions of fear running.
As a zoo director and wildlife photographer I have been mauled by an African lion, been on the verge of drowning twice, swam with sharks, wrestled alligators, had an African leopard shot off the [...]

Man, from the earliest times has killed the bear, challenging not only his presence but, or so it seems, his very right to exist.
It is obvious when we consider the evidence at hand and all that is reasonable that man ate the same food that bear ate and when he sought shelter he would at [...]

I would like to share a bit of my book, GARLOO’S, TALES OF THE GENTLE WIND with you, please let me know what you think.
Featuring characters created by Charles Towne as told by Garloo, a nice gopher turtle that lives in a very cozy burrow located in Wood-N-Dale, near the Wekiwa river which is called [...]