Volume 76. June 16, 2026 Ah, summer! Bird lovers in North America are in their glory. The swallows have returned to Capistrano. The buzzards have returned to Hinckley Ridge. Robins chuckle on evening lawns. Unseen birds tootle in morning trees. Birdsong fills the air. The chipper chirping cheers us up and causes poets to rhapsodize.Continue reading “The Birds of Summer”
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Connect with Spring
Volume 63. May 15, 2025 American modernist poet E. E. Cummings once asked: O sweet spontaneous Earth, how often have the doting fingers of prurient philosophers pinched and poked thee? How often has the naughty thumb of science prodded thy beauty? How often have religions taken thee upon their scraggy knees squeezing and buffeting theeContinue reading “Connect with Spring”
Valentine’s Day Blues
Volume 60. February 14, 2025 American rock duo The Everly Brothers once sang: Bye-bye love. Bye-bye happiness. Hello loneliness. I think I’m gonna cry. Bye-bye love. Bye-bye sweet caress. Hello emptiness. I feel like I could die. If you did not receive a Valentine this year, if you felt a twinge of anguish by notContinue reading “Valentine’s Day Blues”
Profile in Courage
Volume 49. March 13, 2024 Sometimes you get the bear. Sometimes the bear gets you. On February 16, 2024, the bear got Alexi Navalny. After poking Putin for years, Russia’s most prominent dissident died while jailed in a penal colony near the Arctic Circle. He was 47. History will remember him for one thing: Courage.Continue reading “Profile in Courage”
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