After the rains…
Image via Wikipedia The weather here has been very dry…at least until the past week or so. We have been having a spring-like amount of rain. After complaining for so
Continue readingImage via Wikipedia The weather here has been very dry…at least until the past week or so. We have been having a spring-like amount of rain. After complaining for so
Continue readingIn the midst of August, spring appears to have triumphantly — if temporarily — returned to Houston. Steady rainfall has delivered a blessed week of lower-than-normal temperatures, and Tuesday’s high
Continue readingAnything Wendell Berry writes is worth the time it takes to digest…My recommendation is to go spend some time today with the man… The general reaction to the apparent end
Continue readingThis one’s for you… While reporters at The Post and The New York Times have been vetting McCain, many others give him a free pass. Their default cliché is to
Continue readingUp on the mountain behind my house, the wild blueberries are ripe and prolific. It’s public land, part of the Maine state-park system, so the berries are free for the
Continue readingThis has to be one of the strangest things about Texas Republicans… When health care in Texas makes headlines, the issues raised by administrators and physicians are hardly rosy. They
Continue readingCARSON, NEW MEXICO—When the wind comes up the mesa, which it often does, there is a particular rusted-out old car nearby that whispers the same eerie, long-toned question every time:
Continue readingObama is the first political figure since Carter to understand the energy efficiency and conservation approach and actually try to present it to the American people. Republicans want to nip
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