
Bridget A. Lyons
Bridget A. Lyons is a surfer, writer, editor, teacher, and creative consultant. She is the author of Entwined: Dispatches from the Intersections of Species (2025, Texas A&M University Press). Find her online at https://bridgetalyons.com.
Released for Syndication:
10/16/2025
One morning, I was walking in a friend’s yard in Idaho and saw a monarch butterfly. I stopped to watch him flutter above a purple coneflower—one of his favorite sources of nectar—and admired his striking orange and black pattern for at least the thousandth time...