I love the fact that my dear wife knows her way around London! One of her favorite spots, and now mine, is the Victoria & Albert Museum or as it…
One of the great joys of my life are trees. In part I love them because they often live beyond the life span of a single human being and, thus,…
There are many places of worship—for many different religions—that have been in use for hundreds or even thousands of years. Although I don’t consider myself to be actively religious, in…
To those of you who celebrate Christmas, I send my best wishes for a special day with family. Amidst all that has come to be piled on top of the…
Along the margins of the woods, the trees reach out to the sun. On a winter day it is the perfect place for snow to lay.
Yesterday I wrote about Mother Earth. My birth mother would be 103 today if she were still alive. As it was, she lived to be nearly 96, dying shortly after…
Thanks to Writer’s Almanac for reminding us that today marks the anniversary of the day in 1972 when astronauts in the spacecraft Apollo 17 made the images of the planet,…
Just two more weeks to the Solstice. It’s been snowing all day long, making for a very gray day. Not all are like this, of course, even if it may feel…
I use Wikipedia nearly every day, and every single day I help pay for it with a small recurring contribution that is not only painless but actually gratifying to make. Why bother?…
Still Learning To See 