Wislawa Szymborska: Cosmic Solitude
I admit that I find the question of life beyond Earth quite interesting, but still I’d prefer not to have it settled too quickly and definitively. For example, I’m cheered, … Continue reading
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg: Welcome to the New Democratic Party
This weekend in Orlando, Florida members of the Platform Committee met to help create the Democratic party’s positions on a number of key issues. I was honored to attend as … Continue reading
Abby Quillen: How to Harvest and Prepare Wild Greens for your Table
Learning to harvest and prepare common edible wild plants is a delicious way to connect with nature, add nutrient-dense foods to your diet, save money at the grocery store, and … Continue reading
Video: Harmony with Horses
. Canadian horse trainer Jonathan Field thinks that many riders have lost sight of horsemanship as a collaboration between horse and rider – a dynamic that he believes rests in … Continue reading
Sharon Fagan McDermott: Summer Prayer — Pennsylvania
~in memory of Brendan We make each other a mooring, early evening here in the small world, where gods grumble and root in the dirt and the red … Continue reading
Ruth Clark: Here in Hereford — Neighborhood Tales
Soon Gene and I will have been here 20 years. When we came, the electricity failed regularly during the monsoon season, irregularly at other times; thus there would be no … Continue reading
Abby Quillen: How to Identify Wild Greens in your Backyard
If weeds are cropping up in your lawn, it may be time to get revenge by harvesting some of them for your dinner table. You may ask yourself, why eat … Continue reading
Charles W. Brice: Walking Townsend Road, Petoskey, Michigan
One day it’s the red-twigged dogwoods ringed by rag weed yellows and chicory blues that clarify mind and confirm insignificance. Another day it’s the garter snake whose crushed … Continue reading
Tom Engelhardt: We are now in a Brexit World
Here’s an unavoidable fact: we are now in a Brexit world. We are seeing the first signs of a major fragmentation of this planet that, until recently, the cognoscenti were … Continue reading
Video: The Ocean
This short animated video, commissioned by Greenpeace NL, illustrates the human impact on marine life. The animation is by Studio Smack and the voice-over is by Paul Strikwerda. .
Ruth Clark: Here in Hereford, Snake Edition
In Hereford reptiles, like rodents, are abundant. Most commonly we see the quick-moving whiptail lizard, which is the favorite food of the road runner, the gecko, most often on a … Continue reading
Arlene Weiner: I’m Vick’s Dog
We’re bred to fight, fed to fight, blooded, trained to fight, hold on tight till victory and if we’re chained, some hanged or brained who don’t have heart enough, … Continue reading
Noam Chomsky: The Doomsday Clock
Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, and the Prospects for Survival [This essay is excerpted from Noam Chomsky’s new book, Who Rules the World? (Metropolitan Books).] In January 2015, the Bulletin of … Continue reading
Video: Why Learn About Wild Foods?
. There is such a thing as a free lunch — the edible wild plants around you. While there are thousands of wild edibles, in most places there are only … Continue reading
