welcome drip
by Kevin T. McEneaney end of snowy pelt mid-winter ice melt small humps of ice dirty, not nice fevered plant or two poke ice-crust through as snow…
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January 20, 2021
Overpopulation
Those who reject the importance of population as an environmental issue stress that resource consumption rather than population size has led to our current global environmental impact. True, resource consumption…
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January 11, 2021
At the Feeder
by Kevin T. McEneaney Nonchalant Reverend Junco says Hi! Superstitious Morning Dove says Goodbye! Postal Deliverer Chickadee, here… Wren, a delicate dancer, conjures charm… Bluejay crowd, big bullies of the…
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January 2, 2021
What’s out and what’s in for 2021
by Bill Schlesinger What’s Out What’s In ___________________________________________________ Climate Change Denial The Paris Climate Accord Pebble Creek Mine Chinook Salmon Beliefs Science Maskholes …
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January 1, 2021
A Midwinter Day
by Philip Brady There were snowdrops in the graveyard today, First growth of the season, or maybe last. Nature has its own calculating way With calendar for future times…
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December 28, 2020
Agricultural Landscapes
by Bill Schlesinger A few years ago, in her wonderful book, The Seed Underground, Janisse Ray described the genetic homogenization of food crops. Three species (wheat, corn and rice) account…
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December 22, 2020
Equinox Joy
by Kevin T. McEneaney When there’s frost painted on nose, ice in toes, fingers split on many digits, can’t move, ice clinging to eyelids, beard, and nose hairs, ears screaming…
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December 16, 2020
An ear to rain and time
by Kevin T. McEneaney Sleeping with rainfall is a luxury to be savored like excellent coffee! Long ago, little could be accomplished when it rained: carve wood, make…
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December 7, 2020
Diapers: to change or not to change
by Bill Schlesinger Whether they are used on the very young or the very old, disposable diapers must be regarded as one of the most convenient products of modern society.…
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December 7, 2020