The Parrot is a story about a parrot whose mother was taken from the wild. The Parrot, el Loro, was born in a cage and never knew what freedom felt like. But he recognized the shape and colors of parrots and the vocal calls they made as they flew overhead. It is a story of separation and confinement of animals deprived of their instinctual social bonds.

An illustrated story, in stanzas of poetry, based upon the old nursery rhyme of "Humpty Dumpty", that follows the health of our beloved home, Earth. The illustrations are full page watercolors. And the rhyming poem is at once a bedtime tale and an exhortation to encourage environmental action and awareness, written with a satirical tongue.

The room remained unchanged for many years. It had a musty odor, courtesy of mold that took up residence on the walls and furniture within it. The door and windows were still sealed, confining the stained bedsheets, the dusty cupboard, the proud oak desk, and the leaning bookshelf. There, on the shelf, sat idle, the books. And alongside them, lay some old tapes of the Italian language and albums of photographs that had been seen by few.

In September 2010, the Torrey Botanical Society, in collaboration with the Long Island Botanical Society (LIBS), released volume 26 of the Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Society, titled “Tidal Marshes of Long Island, New York”. Edited by John E. Potente, this publication features 13 peer-reviewed articles by prominent scientists and environmental law experts from the region.