About the Author: Bonnie Demerjian writes from her island home in the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska, a place that nourishes her writing. Her poetry has appeared in Unbroken Journal, Artemis, and Cirque, among others. She has also written four non-fiction books on the area’s human and natural history. When not writing, she is gardening, hiking, boating, birding, and watching the ever-changing ocean. She can be found on Facebook.
Image Credit: Public domain image originally appearing in Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse: Berlin; Bei Gottlieb August Lange,1782-1804. Courtesy of The Biodiversity Heritage Library
As It Ought To Be 