How good are you at waiting for things? You know, that feeling when the good thing is so close you can almost touch it, but you have to refrain for a little bit longer. Maybe you know that lump under the Christmas tree is your new bike and your parents say to stay away from it. Or you know the cookies will be better when they’ve cooled but you can’t help burning the roof of your mouth anyway. Maybe your license is coming in the mail any minute but you can’t stop calling yourself Dr. before it arrives. Or maybe that’s just me.
I bet you can already guess how good I am at it. This is maddening. Ripples are starting to trickle in from the PBS Nature episode by Jari Osborne, and I am chomping at the bit. Apparently time is unwilling to pass any faster just because I want it to. Who knew?
Beavers never make the list of cuddliest animals and they’re often considered more pest than problem solver. But it turns out that the industrious rodents may be true “eco-heroes.” On May 14, PBS Nature premieres Leave it to Beavers, a documentary about North American beavers, their habits, history and role as one of nature’s top infrastructure engineers. Filmmaker Jari Osborne tells MetroFocus host Rafael Pi Roman the behind-the-scenes story of the new documentary, and how the beaver “could possibly be the key to saving our world’s fresh water supplies.”
Jari’s interview on Metro Focus that she recorded Wednesday will air May 8th and I’ll post the link so you can watch it online. Her radio interview on The Animal House from the same day should be downloadable in a day or two and I’ll pass that along also. In the meantime I have already begged a copy of the Nature DVD for the silent auction.
Are we surprised?
This is going to be a long week. I better rest up. Luckily I just found the perfect place.
