Valerie Bacharach: Crows
Some days I don’t know what to do with this rage I carry.
Margo Berdeshevsky: Listen….Listen
Or firefly, night-lighter,
what eye can see your ladybird
love’s wingbeat
Derrick Z. Jackson: Wetland Protections Remain Bogged Down in Mystery
It is mind-bog-gling, syllable pun intended, that scientists still do not know how many wetlands lost protection in last year’s crippling of the Clean Water Act by the Supreme Court. A new … Continue reading
Mike Vargo: The Insanity of Our Times, According to Philip Slater
Nothing explains everything, but some things explain a lot.
Jean Toomer: Harvest Song
My ears are caked with dust of oat-fields at harvest-time.
Zhe Li: Atmospheric rivers are shifting poleward, reshaping global weather patterns
The shift is worsening droughts in some regions,intensifying flooding in others, and putting water resources that many communities rely on at risk. When atmospheric rivers reach far northward into the Arctic, they can also melt sea ice, affecting the global climate.
Thomas McGuire: A Scientist Marvels at Magpie Mob Tactics
Intent on witnessing interactions between magpies and members of the genus elgaria, a scientist released an alligator lizard into a large enclosure housing three captive magpies.
Michael Daley: Ground Work
swan, coyote, wolf, swallow, butterfly will multiply and prosper,
wilderness sprout through pavement and skylines
Sophie Cabot Black: As to Why We Will Not Stop (Making the Hats)
We have come to know the truth
As no longer true— the old ways do not work
Against the new.
Dr. Michael Greger: Health Benefits of Coffee
The Beverage Guidance Panel, assembled to provide recommendations on benefits and risks of various beverage categories, found tea and coffee—preferably without creamer or sweetener—tied as the number-two healthiest beverages, second … Continue reading
Abriel Louise Young: Calling on Friends Across the Veil to Help Us Change History
What is the deepest loss that you have suffered? Have you succeeded in changing yourself to wine? If so, please report back.
Paige Curtis: What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
What if we had systems that loved us and, by extension, the planet?”
Jennifer Horney: Health risks are rising in mountain areas flooded by Hurricane Helene and cut off from clean water, power and hospitals
Contaminated water is one of the leading health risks, but residents also face harm to mental health.
William Wenthe: Prophecy
In the predawn of Monday, I woke, dream-heavy
with a feeling of fate—like memory, but more
like remembering forward
