Calmly on the Waters
Of all the animals we will share property with this summer, we are most attached to the loons. They are the only creature that does not bolt the instant they become aware of our presence.
Total Eclipse
The memory of projecting light on the shirt cardboard stands out only because it was the same afternoon we were taken to see the play, Peter and the Wolf.
Town Meeting
It is Town Meeting season, that time of year . . . for throwing a few punches at your neighbor over the cost of building a new school, apportioning land, and repairing roads so . . . people can . . . get to church.
Moon Walk
I submit our Presidential candidates should be required to spend three nights around a campfire with a view of the sky as part of their spiritual journey to the office.
Now We are Nearly to Spring
Every year, awakened by the Mourning Dove, I would be glad to stand in that spot for a minute or two.
Artificial Intelligence
There will still be tasks available to us after AI has it under control. I feel confident about that at the end of a dirt road.
Winter Enchantment
Imagine a place where the leaf action of a spindly plant at the edge of the woods can take center stage each morning out the kitchen window.
About Breakfast
I stopped ordering scrambled eggs at restaurants, including good ones, long ago. Invariably— as in, every case, every occasion—scrambled eggs come out overcooked and rubbery, sometimes flecked with specs of brown.
Boxing Day
You are entitled to your own set of facts when it comes to the origins of Boxing Day because there are none.
Power to the People
I wonder how far it will be in the future when the notion that we delivered electrical power around the world by stringing wires over hill and dale will seem archaic.
