Los Angeles freelance science writer and editor
Norway: back to the cocoon… by Janice Nigro I am writing about one cocoon from another cocoon. In some ways the cocoons are similar. You could really use an umbrella in both. In one cocoon the umbrella is used for the rain (and really does you no good because it is too much rain) whereas... Continue Reading →
Tales in editing English for non-native speakers by Janice Nigro A considerable number of my friends and work colleagues are not from English speaking countries. And I love to travel. Foreign language or English with an accent is part of my daily life. When I meet someone from a non-English speaking country, I immediately... Continue Reading →
Currywurst and chocolate by Janice Nigro My efforts to entirely escape northern Europe have failed miserably. It is not that I do not like that part of the world; it is that I lived there for just over seven years and feel as if there are other parts of the world that need to be... Continue Reading →
Living life in reverse by Janice Nigro I find myself living life in reverse. ie I am now doing the things one usually does earlier in life. For example, I have had an extraordinary education and lived in some interesting parts of the US and the world, but today, I am living in a small... Continue Reading →
Visayas in a nutshell by Janice Nigro There are a lot of ways to come up with a dive itinerary for a dream destination. The “no plan” kind of a plan is not exactly the typical consideration, especially when you will step off of a plane 7,000 miles from home with a load of dive... Continue Reading →
An inauspicious beginning by Janice Nigro The first “underwater” experience that I remember vividly was the submarine ride at Disneyland probably because of the giant clam. We stockpile these images, and it is never clear when they might reappear in our life. For me, it would be over 30 years later when I, as a... Continue Reading →
More on scuba diving and being an artist… by Janice Nigro As a diver and a photographer, I think it is simple, if you are looking for something “new” to photograph, take a look underwater. So now you have the underwater camera equipment, what exactly do you do with it? There are of course a... Continue Reading →
Postcards…to me by Janice Nigro How do you remember your holiday? It feels so great when you first arrive home, that holiday reverie, and suddenly it disappears when you realize that no one else has had a holiday and they are stuck in the same problems that existed at work when you left. By writing... Continue Reading →
Scuba diving made me an “artist” by Janice Nigro I never took a photo until I went underwater. And when I did, it was a last minute decision. I was on my way to LAX about three hours before my flight to Nadi, Fiji eight years ago, when I stopped by Samy’s Camera in Los... Continue Reading →
Dive ‘n’ drive for one by Janice Nigro Ok, I am stealing some terminology for the second time during my swimabout which if you remember is the first term that I stole from someone much more clever than myself with words. The new one is “Dive ‘n’ Drive” which pertains to the fact that you... Continue Reading →
Janice Nigro 