This list of questions is asked of writers and thinkers. I think it’s a great list. Learn more about Orion here: https://orionmagazine.org/about/mission-and-history/
What is a species you feel is frequently misunderstood?
In what environment do you feel most at home?
My favorite tree in the world is _.
Nature would be better without _.
If you could, regardless of the local climate, reach out of your kitchen window and pluck a fruit from a tree, bush, or plant, what would it be?
What are some of your favorite words?
Who are some of your heroes or heroines, real or fictional?
Who is a character from literature or film with whom you intensely identify?
What is something new you’ve done recently?
What’s the wildest thing you’ve witnessed or experienced in nature?
Are you optimistic about the future?
What is a smell that makes you stop in your tracks?
Do you have a writing routine?
Which of your book subjects or characters haunts you the most?
Where did you grow up?
Are you the same person you were as a child?
If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
You’re in a deserted island situation for an unknown period of time. You get three items and one book. What do you bring?
What flower would you want pinned to your breast after you die?
If you could come back as any organism, who or what would you be?