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Miami Dade College / Wolfson Campus
Department of Natural Sciences, Health & Wellness
Professor of Ecology & Environmental Sciences
Louis Wolfson III Endowed Teaching Chair (2001-2004)
My Niche | Personal Interests | Favorite Sides | What In The World I'm Listening To These Days
Feed Your Head | Spending Time With Nature In South Florida
Born in New Rochelle, NY to County Commissioner / lawyer father (WWII veteran of the 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion) & homemaker mother; paternal grandparents were Southern Italian immigrants (Ellis Island, NY ~1904), maternal great-great grandparents were immigrants of Scottish-Irish descent (~1840, Irish potato famine refugees?); my great grandfather and my namesake, Christopher Reynolds, served in the Union Army during the Civil War as a Lieutenant with the 11th New York Regiment of Ellsworth's Fire Zouaves - a unit that saw some of the first battles of the war including Bull Run and Manassas; coldweather refugee and resident of Miami-Dade County since 1970; living with my family and other animals in a lush tropical garden home; avid tropical ecotraveler and photographer (Costa Rica, Ecuador & Kenya); horticultural and in-service teaching training instructor for Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden; member of the MDC / Wolfson Campus community since 1987.
| Yoga | Costa Rica - "No Artificial Ingredients" |
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| | Ecology & horticulture of palms |
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| Exploring the Everglades | Science Fiction |
- Gary Larsen's "The Far Side" cartoons (R.I.P.)
- Nathan's Famous French Fries (since 1916)
- homemade hummus and fresh pita bread with just a dash of extra virgin Italian olive oil flavored with hot pepper
- View From the Vault IV - The Grateful Dead live at the Oakland Stadium, 7/24/87; CD2: Hell in a Bucket - Scarlet Begonias - Playing in the Band - Drums - Space - Uncle John's Band - Dear Mr. Fantasy - I Need A Miracle - Bertha - Sugar Magnolia
What in the World I'm Listening to These Days...| Midnight Oil "Scream in Blue Live" (Australia) | Daniela Mercury "Electrica - Live" (Brazil) |
| Laura Pausini "Live 2001-2002 / DVD" (Italy) | Dream Theater "Live at Budokan / DVD " (heavy metal) |
| The Who "Who's Next? Deluxe Edition" (classic rock) | Sinead O'Connor "Sean-Nos Nua" (Ireland) |
| Lasairfhiona Ni Choanaola "An Raicin Alainn" (Ireland) | The AfroCelts "Seed" (Ireland / Africa) |
| Bob Dylan "The Bootleg Series - Vol. IV 1966 (classic rock) | Pink Floyd "Pulse / DVD Live at Earl's Court, UK" (classic rock) |
| The Corrs "Live at Landsdowne / DVD" (Ireland) | The Grateful Dead "Stepping Out With The Grateful Dead - Live in England 1972 (classic rock) |
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Check out this directory of natural areas to visit in our bioregion
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