Susan Wiedmann is a longtime generalist writer with a passion for nature photography. She has written hundreds of political profiles, lifestyle features and history columns for publications including San Jose Magazine (where she also was a copyeditor) and the Silicon Valley Community Newspapers, among many others. In addition to writing for Los Gatos Patch, her focus is now on her new Web site, Up Close With Mother Nature: The Photography of Susan Wiedmann, at www.UpCloseWithMotherNature.com.