Midge Raymond's Blog, page 4
February 20, 2018
Bookstore Geek: Hill of Content in Melbourne, Australia
Hill of Content Bookshop is one of the sweetest and most charming bookstores in Melbourne. Located right in the central business district, Hill of Content has a gorgeous setting, making you feel as though you’re in a library, with its rich colors and dark-wood bookshelves. I signed a few copies of My Last Continent while … Read more 
February 19, 2018
Bookstore Geek: Book Passage
I’m guessing that most readers and authors alike would agree that Book Passage is one of the all-time great indies, with locations in San Francisco, Sausalito, and Corte Madera, which graciously hosted me for a reading of My Last Continent. It was one of the most fun events Admiral Byrd and I had on the … Read more 
January 20, 2018
Happy Penguin Awareness Day!
January 20 is Penguin Awareness Day, and it’s more important than ever that we celebrate (and work to protect) these amazing animals. If you’ve read My Last Continent, you’ve met the Adélie, gentoo, chinstrap, emperor, and Magellanic penguins. Last November, I was delighted to meet a new species: the Tawaki, or Fiordland-crested penguin. (Tawaki is … Read more 
October 6, 2017
The penguins of Patagonia
So often when people think of penguins, they picture the icy landscape of Antarctica. Yet only four of seventeen penguin species come ashore in Antarctica — while all live in the Southern Hemisphere, most do their breeding in non-icy places, from the little penguins of Australia to the tropical Galápagos penguins, to the Magellanic penguins of … Read more 
October 3, 2017
The yeti crab and other Antarctic discoveries
I loved this moment in Ann Patchett’s novel Run in which a young girl, upon learning that new species of fish are still being discovered, says, “I thought it was done.” Among the many amazing things about our planet is that species are still being discovered. And this is part of what made immersing myself … Read more 
September 27, 2017
Join me in Patagonia in October 2018!
Save the dates: October 29 to November 6, 2018! Join me and Adventures by the Book on a journey through the majestic land of Patagonia and immerse yourself in the setting that helped inspire My Last Continent. When I volunteered at the Punta Tombo penguin colony in Argentina, helping with a penguin census of the … Read more 
September 18, 2017
Win a signed copy of MY LAST CONTINENT!
Enter to win a signed paperback copy of MY LAST CONTINENT on Goodreads! The giveaway is open until October 2. 2017. Goodreads Book Giveaway My Last Continent by Midge Raymond Giveaway ends October 02, 2017. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway Tweet
June 19, 2017
Saving the planet begins on our plates
It’s frustrating to go to an fundraiser for an animal rescue and find animals on the menu. Many organizations that believe in saving cats and dogs unfortunately do not believe in sparing cows, pigs, or chickens. Slowly, education and progress is happening — Animal Place‘s Food for Thought program offers wonderful tools to help organizations … Read more 
May 22, 2017
Antarctic tourism in the 2016-2017 season
The International Association of Antarctic Tour operators (IAATO) has released its data for the last Antarctic travel season, and the numbers are what most expected — which is still to say they are quite staggering, when you think about the sheer number of visitors to this fragile and isolated place. The total number of visitors … Read more 
April 25, 2017
My seventh species: the little penguin
Happy World Penguin Day! One thing I’m celebrating today is having met my seventh species of penguin: the little penguin. Ever since meeting four species of penguins in Antarctica, I’ve become a little obsessed: Next I went to Argentina to volunteer with the University of Washington’s Penguin Sentinels, counting the Magellanic penguins of Punto Tombo. … Read more 
