Tom Fleischner
@tomfleischner.bsky.social
Natural History- the practice of falling in love with the world / Founding Director, Natural History Institute / Faculty Emeritus, Prescott College / Author and editor - Nature Love Medicine, The Way of Natural History, and more
http://tfleischner.net/
http://tfleischner.net/
Honored to be profiled by the AZ Republic's excellent climate reporter, Joan Meiners, on our work on the ecological importance of the #MogollonHighlands Ecoregion, and more generally of the Natural History Institute. (Orig article is behind a paywall: links to article in first 2 comments).
November 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Honored to be profiled by the AZ Republic's excellent climate reporter, Joan Meiners, on our work on the ecological importance of the #MogollonHighlands Ecoregion, and more generally of the Natural History Institute. (Orig article is behind a paywall: links to article in first 2 comments).
ICE Lineup
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ICE Lineup
The Department of Homeland Security denies that racial profiling is an official policy and maintains that enforcement is based on legal status, not skin color.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
ICE Lineup
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Still so much beauty--and intelligence--in the world.
August 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Still so much beauty--and intelligence--in the world.
Still so much beauty in the world. Mt. Shuksan, and Red Mountain-heather (Phyllodoce empetriformis), North Cascades
August 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Still so much beauty in the world. Mt. Shuksan, and Red Mountain-heather (Phyllodoce empetriformis), North Cascades
I'm excited to share the cover and pre-order information for ASTONISHED BY BEAUTY: A FIELD GUIDE TO THE PRACTICE OF PAYING ATTENTION, which has been a real labor of love. I'll be posting more information, responses, etc. in upcoming days....... www.torreyhouse.org/product-page...
Astonished by Beauty | torrey-house-press
Thomas Lowe Fleischner | May 2026 | Nonfiction | Trade Paper Original | Trim: 6.875 x 4.25” | ISBN: 9798890920386 | $16.95 What happens when we truly pay attention to the natural world? Astonished by ...
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August 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I'm excited to share the cover and pre-order information for ASTONISHED BY BEAUTY: A FIELD GUIDE TO THE PRACTICE OF PAYING ATTENTION, which has been a real labor of love. I'll be posting more information, responses, etc. in upcoming days....... www.torreyhouse.org/product-page...
#ItsStillABeautifulWorld A few images from our journey northward and westward
August 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
#ItsStillABeautifulWorld A few images from our journey northward and westward
Blending in. Ornate Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus) on Emory Oak. #mogollonhighlands
July 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Blending in. Ornate Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus) on Emory Oak. #mogollonhighlands
I'll be helping lead this wonderful program in Ecuador this coming winter-- join me? Every time I visit Ecuador I emerge rejuvenated by the beauty of the world.
April 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'll be helping lead this wonderful program in Ecuador this coming winter-- join me? Every time I visit Ecuador I emerge rejuvenated by the beauty of the world.
Even Leonardo's on board
A most perfect specimen
A cartoon by RJ Matson
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April 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Even Leonardo's on board
Hands Off rally in Prescott, Arizona--the biggest crowd (law enforcement estimated close to 2000) I've ever seen in 37 years here. For context, this is a deep red county, which didn't even have, and never had had, a Democratic Party when I moved here in the late 80s. Incredibly uplifting. Onward!
April 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Hands Off rally in Prescott, Arizona--the biggest crowd (law enforcement estimated close to 2000) I've ever seen in 37 years here. For context, this is a deep red county, which didn't even have, and never had had, a Democratic Party when I moved here in the late 80s. Incredibly uplifting. Onward!
I was recently invited to share my thoughts on the importance of integrating sciences and humanities. My essay, "The Way of Integration," is included in this exciting new collection. (My piece is linked in the first comment)
April 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I was recently invited to share my thoughts on the importance of integrating sciences and humanities. My essay, "The Way of Integration," is included in this exciting new collection. (My piece is linked in the first comment)
My perspective on coping with the election and all it represents-- written in the immediate aftermath, but still reflective of how I feel.... Thanks to Torrey House Press for this blog, "That Thing With Feathers," which provides "Hope and Literature In a Time of Upheaval"....
Joyful Resistance
Like half of America, I had been working to pick my battered, bewildered psyche up off the floor at the end of a week that began with so much promise: Really?! We just elected the convicted felon, the...
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March 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My perspective on coping with the election and all it represents-- written in the immediate aftermath, but still reflective of how I feel.... Thanks to Torrey House Press for this blog, "That Thing With Feathers," which provides "Hope and Literature In a Time of Upheaval"....
The Sonoran Desert helps heal the heart that is sick for the world
March 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The Sonoran Desert helps heal the heart that is sick for the world
Here at the Prescott, Arizona Courthouse Square—iconic backdrop for many Republican rallies (Goldwater and McCain both announced their presidential campaigns here)— 850 people showed up today to call for an end to our current national madness.
March 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Here at the Prescott, Arizona Courthouse Square—iconic backdrop for many Republican rallies (Goldwater and McCain both announced their presidential campaigns here)— 850 people showed up today to call for an end to our current national madness.
Back home in the #MogollonHighlands
February 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Back home in the #MogollonHighlands
Such a gift to travel with this beloved in this beautiful land
February 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Such a gift to travel with this beloved in this beautiful land
Great insights on the relationship between Silicon Valley and the right wing...... Becca Lewis, the scholar being interviewed, happens to be my wonderful niece (link in first comment)
January 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Great insights on the relationship between Silicon Valley and the right wing...... Becca Lewis, the scholar being interviewed, happens to be my wonderful niece (link in first comment)
I'm honored by this essay that delves deeply into some of my work..... (link in comments)
January 16, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I'm honored by this essay that delves deeply into some of my work..... (link in comments)
I added a new page to my website that can serve as a portal to our ongoing project illuminating the importance of the MOGOLLON HIGHLANDS..... link in first comment
January 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I added a new page to my website that can serve as a portal to our ongoing project illuminating the importance of the MOGOLLON HIGHLANDS..... link in first comment
Reposted by Tom Fleischner
This is highly disconcerting. WaPo editors killed an editorial cartoon that mocked Bezos and other tech oligarchs. Will the Post respond to this? Democracy dies with accommodation.
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Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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January 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
This is highly disconcerting. WaPo editors killed an editorial cartoon that mocked Bezos and other tech oligarchs. Will the Post respond to this? Democracy dies with accommodation.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Final glowing embers of this winter day
December 29, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Final glowing embers of this winter day