Perhaps our celebration of each new year is a collective symbol of hopefulness, the idea that we can change, evolve and improve.

An open reflection in prose form on the hopefulness factor of celebrating the new year, illustrated by numerous species of shorebirds with a seemingly collective sense of peace and purpose.

We’re all waiting for the day when friends can once again be greeted with a bear hug.

A brown pelican dictates a conservation haiku.

Seagulls and brown pelicans in Bay St. Louis give me a lesson in mindfulness reminiscent of Thoreau’s experience at Walden