This year I began writing bedtime stories. Some are available via the Get Sleepy podcast:
Fixing a Feast – Clem enjoys all of the smells and comforts of fall, as he prepares for Thanksgiving.
Floating in a Bioluminescent Bay – Lay back, relax, and float in a bay of glowing, dream-like water.
Other stories are available only via the Slumber app :
The Resurrection Plant – A story about how special desert plants endure long dry stretches and spring back into life when the rains come. Inspired by my related story for TED Ideas.
These photos are from a visit to a conference on the conservation of chilhuacle in Cuicatlán, Mexico, in 2014.
Félix Martínez grows more chilehuacle than anyone else. He has raised an alarm about its future.
A red chilehuacle on the plant.
Chilhuacle drying in the traditional way. Industrial growers dry chiles in ovens, but purists say the flavor does not compete.
Ethnobotanist Araceli Aguilar speaks to Mexican media about chilhuacle’s place in Mexican identity.
Chilhuacle drying.
Attendees to the 2014 conference for chilhuacle conservation visit drying chilhuacle.
Red chilhuacle.
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