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To Follow Elephants

To Follow Elephants

A young man seeks his father with the help of an African woman and biologist, immersing himself in the elephant world.

2019

Stories

Pinned

Rick Hodges

Storming the Capitol: Jan. 6 and the Forgotten Philadelphia Mutiny of 1783

When Washington, DC rescued Congress Jan. 6, history came full circle.

Jan 19, 2021

Independence Hall, Philadelphia, 1776

Jan 19, 2021

Rick Hodges

Scientists Discover Ancient Lake Under Lake

Scientists have discovered an enormous ancient lake underneath a modern lake and are probing its depths for clues about its history.

Feb 14, 2021

Scientists Discover Ancient Lake Under Lake

Feb 14, 2021

Rick Hodges

Hi, I’m Ricknotfredrick

My name is Rick. At least that’s how friends and family and coworkers know me, and it’s on the cover of my novel (did I mention I have a…

Nov 8, 2019

Hi, I’m Ricknotfredrick

Nov 8, 2019

Rick Hodges

Of Mice that Talk like Men: The Joy, and Danger, of Writing Anthropomorphic Fiction

As a kid, I must have read Richard Adams’ Watership Down seven or eight times. The novel is a saga of refugee rabbits fleeing their…

Aug 12, 2019

Of Mice that Talk like Men: The Joy, and Danger, of Writing Anthropomorphic Fiction

Aug 12, 2019

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Human Parts

The Rise and Fall of ‘Mentally Retarded’

How a term that replaced bad words became one — and how to stop it from happening again

Jul 11, 2015

The Rise and Fall of ‘Mentally Retarded’

Jul 11, 2015

Rick Hodges

How Five Parents at a Kitchen Table Passed Major Legislation in a Dysfunctional Congress

Can regular folks, not Washington, DC, insiders, get laws passed in Congress? Perhaps they are the only people who can get laws passed…

Mar 2, 2015

How Five Parents at a Kitchen Table Passed Major Legislation in a Dysfunctional Congress

Mar 2, 2015

Rick Hodges

Rick Hodges

Book Author

Writer & editor in the Washington, DC area, and author of works such as To Follow Elephants, winner of a Nautilus Book Award. rickhodgesauthor.com

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