Raina PikeWest coast of Ireland in December: a very large small placeIn ten days we traveled as far as I would normally drive to get to a day hike, but it felt like one of the biggest places I had ever been.Apr 25, 20201Apr 25, 20201
Raina PikeArgo and the Far Side of MarsLater Argo would marvel at how it all began: a droopy unknown bureaucrat making a dry announcement…Jan 1, 2019Jan 1, 2019
Raina PikeThe Polistes Wasps, the Silo, and the Loneliness of the Great UnknownAn old farm silo, baking in the sun of an early fall afternoon, and a swarm of hundreds of paper wasps 70 feet in the air.Jun 19, 2018Jun 19, 2018
Raina PikeSmoking MushroomsNaming things and what natural spaces are good for.Jun 29, 2017Jun 29, 2017
Raina PikeGoldenrod Gall Flies and the Payoff of Living With the WildI have found that any honest attempt to understand an ecological phenomena is a journey down a wormhole. I found myself down one of those…Jun 20, 2017Jun 20, 2017
Raina PikeRemembering Jim Harrison: how he ruined one of my first nights in NYCWhen I was 23, almost on a whim and after years of dreaming of working on a wilderness preserve, I accepted a teaching job in New York…Jun 17, 2017Jun 17, 2017