Spring rain
by Kevin T McEneaney Those rainy days in Spring are a pleasure to a prospective gardener sorting seed packets that whisper in shushing sounds…. I like the sound of rain on windowpane, that moist scent of what the future may ...
The sky above
by Kevin T McEneaney Those cool drizzling days of Spring effusion evoke wonder, delight, despite cold nights, as rugged dandelions bloom with weeds across multitudinous fickle lawns where drizzle resembles a chin tickle of acute observation on nature while my ...
Morning querries
by Kevin T McEneaney Each day of your life is like a miracle. The likelihood of you being alive is an extremely minuscule event amid billions of wandering planets. * Why do some think we are demi-gods? Why is raising ...
My cat Pascal and mortality
by Kevin T McEneaney Pity the door mouse, which is edible— at least some Romans had that opinion, since they kept doormice in tiny cages or boxes, and ate them stuffed, baked, or fried. * I believe that curious custom ...
On the shelf
by Kevin T McEneaney There is a new science about aging. The name of the three-hundred-page-plus book is Ageless, a volume that speculates on improving body telomeres and mitochondrial quality control. * It says that adding antioxidants or improving mitophagy ...
Still counting
by Kevin T McEneaney Humans remain proud of their big brains, yet whales and elephants have bigger brains. Dolphins swim as substantial brainiacs. Small brains can be sharp, sophisticated, as in ants, bees, spiders, and butterflies. * The language of ...
Spring musings
by Kevin T McEneaney Billowing rain batters, rattles windows. Children puddle-stomp with boots and rain hats, delighting in splashing arcs of water… Streams gush, overflowing with melted snow…. * Breezes blow fiercely, as if objecting to the rise of warmer ...
The Ancient Kiss
by Kevin T McEneaney Can you recollect the first kiss you had? Apes have been kissing for millennia. Sometimes a kiss carries an electric charge… * Have there been more wars than couples kissing? Of course not, yet wars have ...
February fever
Valiant Valentine discovered the door to mythological reputation that has endured for many centuries with folksy embellishment, and why not? * A holiday for romantic lovers offers a welcome toast and a plump kiss on cheek or anticipating lips that ...