How we Pick and Choose
Sometimes our options collapse into stark alternatives that few of us really want. In the present presidential campaign—with the election three weeks away—we can...
Yearly Archives: 2016
Thanksgiving, Native America Day, 10/10/16
Today is Thanksgiving in Canada–so it feels like a good day to be thankful for the silence of the Canadian forest. The Sound of...
Even the Wind Needs Room to Breathe
Breathless In Byzantium (a poem by Ken McKeon) The neighborhood was devastated, To wake and find not all that much Air around anywhere, People...
Language and Silence
“Think before you speak” can be good advice if you tend to blurt out things you later regret. But for some of us, it...
Reunions, Nests, and Flight Paths
Now and then I receive invitations for school reunions, but I’ve never felt tempted to catch up with people whom I didn’t know all...
Gratitude—if not now, when?
“If we are fortunate enough to be exposed to a variety of influences, we may realize that the reality we take for granted has...
Blocked Drains and Open Roads
There are so many areas of life where I assume that I am powerless. Sometimes I just have to call an expert, if I’m...
The Hope of the World
The problem with ethical maxims is that we may or may not follow them. They are likely to operate on the level of good...
Coming Ashore
Was it a bad move to come ashore? Has humanity benefited from leaving home, and setting up shop on the shoreline? The daily news...
Gratitude
It’s a gift even to have a feeling that life is a gift. There are so many elements in our environment that cause dismay...