That scent…

by Kevin T McEneaney Suddenly, a drenching summer downpour flooding the rolling sward of grass and weeds, gutters pouring fiercely, spattering ground, the sky a frothing boil, blanket gray. *…

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Climb 

by Bill Keller I can't call this a climb,  this gradual ascent  up the gravel path into morning sun.  To lay the railroad tracks,  men dug and blasted hills, hauled…

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We should all hold hands

by Kevin T McEneaney In Havana, Castro censored John Lennon, banning the Fab Four in 1964. Cubans defiantly smuggled in tapes of the smash hit “I Want to Hold Your…

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The cormorant as hero

by Kevin T McEneaney Cormorants are superb fishers, diving deep into the ocean, rivers, and lakes where they catch fish with their powerful bills. Humans have long employed them to…

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Purple martins in flight

by Kevin T McEneaney Wintering down in South America, they make their first appearance in Houston. Males and females jointly decide on nests. A brooding pair will birth three to…

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Too many songs

by Kevin T McEneaney The Northern Mockingbird, famous for song, is the state bird of Texas, Florida, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee. Not only can a male imitate birds, they can imitate…

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Greek myth

by Kevin T McEneaney All life that exists is cellular life. There is no other form of life at all. One might say cells are the “atoms” of life. Current…

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What time do you have?

by Kevin T McEneaney Time still remains a puzzle to science because it seems that chance rules all atoms where strange particles bounce inside atoms in an unpredictable arrangement. Scientists…

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Thoughts on carbon

by Kevin T McEneaney All life is born from carbon building blocks that are assembled and disassembled. In that sense, your life is not different from a tree, cat, flamingo,…

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Look at your fingers

by Kevin T McEneaney In prehistoric times Neanderthals, Erectus, also Homo Sapiens counted with lines on bones, stones, and cave walls. They all found numbers to be essential for trade…

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