Tuesday, February 04, 2025

2025.2.4. A Year in the Life: Oregon's Desert Owls (zoom) + TJ Klune

2/4 Tuesday, 6pm. ONDA hosts speaker series. This is the first time I attended one of their events online.

I really enjoyed today's lecture, hence making a note here. Paul Bannick, today's speaker, is an author and wildlife photographer, speaks of owl's life in 4 seasons, like reading a poem. Captivating images, from his book Owls, a year in the lives of North American Owl. Now just owls in the desert.

I didn't stay for Q&A. Went downstairs to TJ Klune presents "The Bones Beneath My Skin". I'm surprised to find an almost full auditorium. I had never heard of Klune before. He writes fantacy novels, using queer characters. Quite prolific. Most audience members seem to have read all his books. He seems friendly, candid, reasonable, likeable. Wore 2 left shoes by mistake :) He shakes his leg non-stop (ADHD). Well, I probably won't read his books. Just make a note here, because he seems so popular.