You might think today’s fascination with owls results from the Harry Potter and “Guardians of Ga’Hoole” books and movies, but not so, says photographer Mark Wilson. “There’s a huge hunger for live animal programs,” he said. “People can’t get enough of live animals, and particularly owls. They are impressive birds.” Wilson and his naturalist wife, […]

Web developer Dave Cousins is a huge fan of the 1998 comedy “The Big Lebowski.” He travels to attend Lebowski festivals, and even had the honor of being selected as Best Dude at one of those celebrations of all things The Dude. Like all people who have a passion (obsession?) for something, Cousins wants to […]

When ski mountaineer Kip Garre says he and a crew of skiers and filmmakers didn’t do anything spectacularly difficult when they skied in Antarctica to film a segment for Warren Miller’s latest winter sports film, “Wintervention,” you might think the high altitudes of the extreme location affected his brain. Granted, his “Wintervention” trip wasn’t his […]