by Josh Ward Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus), Giles County, Virginia, August 2021 Canon 5D Mark IV with Canon 100-mm f/2.8 macro (f/9, ISO 200, 1/200 sec) As a wildlife photographer for approaching 6 years now, one of my favorite aspects of this hobby (and hopefully one day, profession) is that there are constantly new situations and challenges that come with trying to capture the natural world through a camera lens. One such experience occurred earlier this summer in

by Kelsey Briggs At a time way back around the 1st century, before many nation’s histories had been established, poetry was upheld as a fine art in China. One of the most influential poets of the 1st century was a man named Du Fu. Du Fu lived from 712 until 770, and in the last years of his life established himself and his poems as a part of Chinese culture, being called by critics the “poet sage.” To the people of China, he was basically the equivalent of Geoffery Chaucer or